''Bathyagonus'' is a
genus
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of
poachers
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(bottom-dwelling cold-water marine fish) native to the
Pacific Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Bathyagonus alascanus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Gray starsnout)
* ''
Bathyagonus infraspinatus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1904) (Spinycheek starsnout)
* ''
Bathyagonus nigripinnis''
C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Blackfin poacher)
* ''
Bathyagonus pentacanthus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Bigeye poacher)
References
Bathyagoninae
Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert
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