The southern spearnose poacher (''Agonopsis sterletus'') 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 ...

.Common names of ''Agonopsis sterletus''
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at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898, originally under the genus '' Averruncus''. It is a

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fish which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including California, USA to Baja California, Mexico. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of .

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Southern spearnose poacher Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert Fish described in 1898 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub