The Bering poacher (''Occella dodecaedron'') 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 ...

.''Occella dodecaedron''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1813, originally in the genus '' Agonus''.Tilesius, W. G. von, 1813 ef. 13413''Iconum et descriptionum piscium Camtschaticorum continuatio tertia tentamen monographiae generis Agoni blochiani sistens.'' Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg v. 4 (for 1811): 406-478, Pls. 11-16. It is a

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, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean, including Kotzebue Sound, the northern Sea of Japan, the

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, and the Gulf of Alaska. It dwells at a depth range of 0–325 metres. Males can reach a maximum

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of 21.6 centimetres. The Bering poacher is preyed on by ''

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''. Its own diet consists of

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and

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crustaceans including mysids and

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s.Food and Feeding Habits Summary for ''Occella dodecaedron''
at www.fishbase.org.

References

Bering poacher Fish described in 1813 Taxa named by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau {{Scorpaeniformes-stub