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Stellerina xyosterna  (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

Pricklebreast poacher
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Agonidae (Poachers) > Brachyopsinae
Etymology: Stellerina: After George Wilhelm Steller, naturalist and explorer and the first to study the fishes of bering Sea (Comunnication of Sean E. Steller, Bedford Univ. Inst. of Oceanography; The fishes of north and Middle America; David Star/Barton Warren, Evermann, 1963.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 75 m (Ref. 2850).   Subtropical, preferred ?; 54°N -

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Eastern Pacific: Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada to northern central Baja California, Mexico.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9. Caudal fin rounded. Pelvic fins reduced.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits mud or sand bottom.

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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