''Podothecus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

poachers Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. It was set a ...

native to the northern

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Podothecus accipenserinus'' ( Tilesius, 1813) (sturgeon poacher) * '' Podothecus hamlini'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1898 * '' Podothecus sachi'' (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) * '' Podothecus sturioides'' ( Guichenot, 1869) * '' Podothecus veternus'' D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895

References

Agoninae Taxa named by Theodore Gill Marine fish genera {{Scorpaeniformes-stub