| Podothecus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Subfamily: | Agoninae |
| Genus: | Podothecus T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Podothecus peristethus Gill, 1861[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Podothecus is a genus of poachers native to the northern Pacific Ocean.
Species
Stuffed specimen of Podothecus sachi, exhibited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- 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
- 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Agononae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Podothecus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ "WoRMS taxon details—Podothecus Gill, 1861". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
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