Agonopsis Asperoculis
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''Agonopsis asperoculis'' is a fish in the family
Agonidae Agonidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fish. Common names for members of this family include poachers, Irish lords, sea ravens, alligatorfishes, starsnouts, hooknoses, and rockheads. They are notable for having elongate ...
.''Agonopsis asperoculis''
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It was described by
William Francis Thompson William Francis Thompson (born St. Cloud, Minnesota 1888, died 7 November 1965) was an American ichthyologist and fisheries scientist. He researched the exploitation and management of the stocks of Pacific halibut for the fisheries department ...
in 1916.Thompson, W. F., 1916 (20 May) ef. 4391''Fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" during 1888, between Montevideo, Uruguay, and Tome, Chile, on the voyage through the Straits of Magellan.'' Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 50 (no. 2133): 401–476, Pls. 2–6. It is a tropical,
marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...
fish which is known from off the coasts of Argentina and the Falkland Islands, in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 18–20 metres.


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asperoculis Taxa named by William Francis Thompson Fish described in 1916 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub