Family Agonidae - Poachers
  Order
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  Class
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Actinopterygii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 22 | Species : 46 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
:
lower   Tertiary   lower   Eocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
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Distribution: Arctic, northern North Atlantic, North Pacific, and southern South America. Usually elongate body, covered with bony plates. Pelvic fins thoracic; spine 1, soft rays 2. Dorsal fins 1 or 2; first dorsal fin, when present, spines 2-21; second dorsal fin soft rays 4-14 . Anal fin soft rays 4-28. Principal caudal fin rays 10-12. Branchiostegal rays 5 or 6. Basihyal rudimentary or absent. Tubular bones 1 or absent. Predorsal bone absent. Swimbladder absent. Vertebrae 34-47. Maximum length about 30 cm (Ref. 7463). Subfamilies included: Hypsagoninae (dragon poachers); Bathyagoninae (starsnouts); Bothragoninae (rockheads); Anoplagoninae (alligatorfishes); Agoninae (sturgeon poachers); Brachyopsinae (highmouth poachers) (Ref. 51659).
  Etymology
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Greek, a = without + gone = descent, origin ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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sluggish
  Main Ref
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Euacanthomorphacea | Percomorphaceae | Percomorpharia | Perciformes | Cottoidei | Agonidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Agonidae as currently in FishBase

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In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

Please send comments and corrections if you detect errors or missing names.

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
Agoninae
Agonus cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Cottus cataphractus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal2
Phalangistes cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Aspidophorus cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymjuniornew
Cottus brodamus Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymjuniororiginal2
Aspidophorus armatus Lacepède, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Paragonus sertorii Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
synonymjuniororiginal2
Ribeiroa sertorii (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)
synonymjuniornew
Agonopsis chiloensis (Jenyns, 1840)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Aspidophorus niger Krøyer, 1845
synonymjuniororiginal2
Paragonus sertorii (non Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Agonopsis vulsa (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
Agonus vulsus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
synonymseniororiginal2
Podothecus vulsus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
synonymseniornew
Stelgis vulsus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
synonymseniornew
Averruncus emmelane Jordan & Starks, 1895
synonymjuniororiginal2
Agonopsis emmelane (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
synonymjuniornew
Xystes axinophrys Jordan & Starks, 1895
synonymjuniororiginal2
Agonopsis sterletus (Gilbert, 1898)
acceptedseniornew
Averruncus sterletus Gilbert, 1898
synonymseniororiginal2
Agonopsis asperoculis Thompson, 1916
acceptedseniororiginal2
Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
acceptedseniornew
Agonus decagonus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Aspidophorus malarmoides Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1853
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Podothecus accipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813)
acceptedseniornew
Agonus accipenserinus Tilesius, 1813
synonymseniororiginal2
synonymseniornew
! Podothecus acipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813)
synonymseniornew
! Agonus acipenserinus Tilesius, 1813
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Podothecus sturioides (Guichenot, 1869)
acceptedseniornew
Paragonus sturioides Guichenot, 1869
synonymseniororiginal2
Agonus sturioides (Guichenot, 1869)
synonymseniornew
Agonus gilberti Collett, 1895
synonymjuniororiginal2
Podothecus gilberti (Collett, 1895)
synonymjuniornew
Podothecus accipiter Jordan & Starks, 1895
synonymjuniororiginal2
Podothecus veternus Jordan & Starks, 1895
acceptedseniororiginal2
Podothecus hamlini Jordan & Gilbert, 1898
acceptedseniororiginal2
Podothecus sachi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
acceptedseniornew
Draciscus sachi Jordan & Snyder, 1901
synonymseniororiginal2
Podothecus tokubire Ishikawa, 1904
synonymjuniororiginal2
Podothecus xystes Snyder, 1911
synonymjuniororiginal2
Sarritor frenatus (Gilbert, 1896)
acceptedseniornew
Odontopyxis frenatus Gilbert, 1896
synonymseniororiginal2
Leptagonus frenatus (Gilbert, 1896)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
Sarritor frenatus occidentalis Lindberg & Andriashev, 1937
synonymjuniororiginal2
Sarritor leptorhynchus (Gilbert, 1896)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal1
Leptagonus leptorhynchus (Gilbert, 1896)
synonymseniornew
Sarritor knipowitschi Lindberg & Andriashev, 1937
acceptedseniorchange in rank
Sarritor leptorhynchus knipowitschi Lindberg & Andriashev, 1937
synonymseniororiginal1
Freemanichthys thompsoni (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
acceptedseniornew
Podothecus thompsoni Jordan & Gilbert, 1898
synonymseniororiginal2
Anoplagoninae
Anoplagonus inermis (Günther, 1860)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Cottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymotheroriginal2
Aspidophoroides borealis Valenciennes, 1841
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877)
synonymseniornew
! Aspidophoroides olriki Lütken, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
! Ulcina olriki (Lütken, 1877)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
! Ulcina güntheri (Bean, 1885)
synonymjuniornew
Bathyagoninae
acceptedseniororiginal2
Bathyagonus pentacanthus (Gilbert, 1890)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Asterotheca pentacantha (Gilbert, 1890)
synonymseniornew
Asterotheca pentacanthus (Gilbert, 1890)
synonymseniornew
! Xenertmus pentacanthus (Gilbert, 1890)
synonymseniornew
Bathyagonus alascanus (Gilbert, 1896)
acceptedseniornew
Xenochirus alascanus Gilbert, 1896
synonymseniororiginal2
Asterotheca alascana (Gilbert, 1896)
synonymseniornew
! Bathyagonus alascana (Gilbert, 1896)
synonymseniornew
! Xenertmus alascanus (Gilbert, 1896)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Asterotheca infraspinata (Gilbert, 1904)
synonymseniornew
! Bathyagonus infraspinata (Gilbert, 1904)
synonymseniornew
Odontopyxis trispinosa Lockington, 1880
acceptedseniororiginal
! Odontopyxis trispinosus Lockington, 1880
synonymseniororiginal1
Podothecus trispinosus (Lockington, 1880)
synonymseniornew
Xeneretmus triacanthus (Gilbert, 1890)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Xeneretmus latifrons (Gilbert, 1890)
acceptedseniornew
Xenochirus latifrons Gilbert, 1890
synonymseniororiginal2
Xeneretmus leiops Gilbert, 1915
acceptedseniororiginal2
Xeneretmus ritteri Gilbert, 1915
acceptedseniororiginal2
Bothragoninae
Bothragonus swanii (Steindachner, 1876)
acceptedseniornew
Hypsagonus swanii Steindachner, 1876
synonymseniororiginal2
! Bothragonus swani (Steindachner, 1876)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal2
Brachyopsinae
Brachyopsis segaliensis (Tilesius, 1809)
acceptedseniornew
Agonus segaliensis Tilesius, 1809
synonymseniororiginal2
Agonus rostratus Tilesius, 1813
synonymjuniororiginal2
Brachyopsis rostratus (Tilesius, 1813)
synonymjuniornew
Agonus laevigatus Tilesius, 1813
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Pallasina barbata (Steindachner, 1876)
acceptedseniornew
Siphagonus barbatus Steindachner, 1876
synonymseniororiginal2
Pallasina barbata barbata (Steindachner, 1876)
synonymseniornew
Pallasina aix Starks, 1896
synonymjuniororiginal2
Pallasina barbata aix (Starks, 1896)
synonymjuniornew
Pallasina eryngia Jordan & Richardson, 1907
synonymjuniororiginal2
Stellerina xyosterna (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
Brachyopsis xyosternus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
synonymseniororiginal2
Agonus annae Steindachner, 1880
synonymjuniororiginal2
Occella impi Gruchy, 1970
synonymjuniororiginal2
Tilesina gibbosa Schmidt, 1904
acceptedseniororiginal2
Tilesina hubbsi Freeman, 1951
synonymjuniororiginal2
Occella dodecaedron (Tilesius, 1813)
acceptedseniornew
Agonus dodecaedron Tilesius, 1813
synonymseniororiginal2
Brachyopsis dodecaedron (Tilesius, 1813)
synonymseniornew
Occa dodecaedron (Tilesius, 1813)
synonymseniornew
! Ocella dodecaedron (Tilesius, 1813)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal2
Occella iburia (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
acceptedseniornew
Occa iburia Jordan & Starks, 1904
synonymseniororiginal2
Occella kasawae (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
acceptedseniornew
Iburiella kasawae Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
synonymseniororiginal2
Occa kasawae (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
synonymseniornew
! Occella kasawai (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
synonymseniornew
Occella kuronumai (Freeman, 1951)
acceptedseniornew
Occa kuronumai Freeman, 1951
synonymseniororiginal2
Chesnonia verrucosa (Lockington, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
Brachyopsis verrucosus Lockington, 1880
synonymseniororiginal2
Occa verrucosa (Lockington, 1880)
synonymseniornew
Occella verrucosa (Lockington, 1880)
synonymseniornew
Agonus barkani Steindachner, 1880
synonymjuniororiginal2
Hypsagoninae
Hypsagonus quadricornis (Valenciennes, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Aspidophorus quadricornis Valenciennes, 1829
synonymseniororiginal2
Hypsagonus corniger Taranetz, 1933
acceptedseniororiginal2
Percis japonica (Pallas, 1769)
acceptedseniornew
Cottus japonicus Pallas, 1769
synonymseniororiginal2
Percis japonicus (Pallas, 1769)
synonymseniornew
Aspidophorus lisiza Lacepède, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal2
Agonus stegophthalmus Tilesius, 1813
synonymjuniororiginal2
Agonus curillicus Tilesius, 1813
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Percis matsuii Matsubara, 1936
acceptedseniororiginal2
Agonomalus proboscidalis (Valenciennes, 1858)
acceptedseniornew
Aspidophorus proboscidalis Valenciennes, 1858
synonymseniororiginal2
Hypsagonus proboscidalis (Valenciennes, 1858)
synonymseniornew
Agonomalus jordani Jordan & Starks, 1904
acceptedseniororiginal2
Hypsagonus jordani (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
synonymseniornew
Agonomalus jordani Schmidt, 1904
synonymjuniororiginal2
Agonomalus severus Gratzianov, 1907
synonymjuniororiginal2
Agonomalus brashnikowi Pavlenko, 1910
synonymjuniororiginal2
Agonomalus mozinoi Wilimovsky & Wilson, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal2
Hypsagonus mozinoi (Wilimovsky & Wilson, 1979)
synonymseniornew
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