''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 ...
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[''Agonopsis asperoculis''](_blank)
at www.fishbase.org. 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
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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.
References
asperoculis
Taxa named by William Francis Thompson
Fish described in 1916
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