''Sarritor'' is a
genus
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of
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
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.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Sarritor frenatus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Sawback poacher)
* ''
Sarritor knipowitschi''
Lindberg
Lindberg is a municipality in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany in the immediate neighbourhood of the larger town Zwiesel.
Location
Lindberg lies in the Danube Forest (''Donau-Wald'') region in the middle
of the Bavarian Forest on ...
& Andriashev, 1937
* ''
Sarritor leptorhynchus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Longnose poacher)
References
Agoninae
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