''Anoplagonus occidentalis'' is a fish in the family gonidae.''Anoplagonus occidentalis''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

Georgii Ustinovich Lindberg Georgii may refer to: ;Given name *Georgii Zantaraia (born 1987), Ukrainian judoka of Georgian origin *Georgii Karpechenko (1899–1941) Russian and Soviet biologist *Georgii Frederiks (1889–1938), Russian geologist *Georgii Zeliony (187 ...

in 1950.Lindberg, G. U., 1950 ef. 20240''Description of a new species in the genus Anoplagonus Gill (Pisces, Agonidae) from the Sea of Japan.'' Issled. Dal'nevost. Morei SSSR v. 2: 303-304. It is a

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fish which dwells in

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waters, and is known from

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, in the northwestern

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. It dwells at a depth range of 40–120 metres. Males can reach a maximum

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of 10 centimetres.

References

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Taxa named by Georgii Ustinovich Lindberg Fish described in 1950 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub