Sarritor leptorhynchus (Gilbert, 1896)
Longnose poacher
Sarritor leptorhynchus
photo by Orlov, A.

 Family:  Agonidae (Poachers), subfamily: Agoninae
 Max. size:  25 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 20 - 460 m
 Distribution:  North Pacific: Bering Sea to southeastern Alaska. Also reported from northern Japan, the Sea of Japan and the Okhotsk (Ref. 559).
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 6-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-8; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 6-8; Vertebrae: 43-45. Snout pointed, with a pair of barbels on its ventral surface; free nasal margin smooth; branchial membranes fused with isthmus (Ref. 559).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 01.05.91
 Modified by: Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen - 31.07.06
 Checked by: Torres, Armi G. - 05.09.94

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