| Family: |
Agonidae (Poachers), subfamily: Agoninae |
| Max. size: |
17 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 33 - 55 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: Okhotsk Sea of Iturup and Hokkaido Islands; Japan Sea. Wide-ranging in northern part, from Korean Peninsula to southern Sakhalin I. and western coast of Hokkaido. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal soft rays: 8-10; Vertebrae: 40-42. This species is distinguished by the following characters: two pairs of patches of barbels on the ventral surface of snout, with 10-13 barbels in both patches on each side; upper preopercular spine with a well-expanded lateral keel; 2-2.5 plates in DLR between tip of depressed first dorsal fin and origin of second dorsal fin; the dorsal and lateral plates of caudal peduncle with pronounced spines; body sides behind head without transverse black bands; general body background colour is greenish-brown (Ref. 130867). |
| Biology: |
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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