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al. 2002); recently reported as shallow as 77 m (252 ft; W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.). Recently
classified by some authors in genus Asterotheca, as A. pentacantha (e.g., Miller and Lea 1972); originally
in Xenochirus.
Bothragonus swanii (Steindachner, 1876). Rockhead. To 8.9 cm (3.5 in) TL (Hart 1973). Kodiak Island, Gulf
of Alaska (Hubbard and Reeder 1965) to Lion Rock, San Luis Obispo County, central California (Miller
and Lea 1972). Intertidal and to 18 m (60 ft; Miller and Lea 1972). The frequently seen spelling swani is
incorrect (Sheiko and Mecklenburg 2004).
Chesnonia verrucosa (Lockington, 1880). Warty Poacher. To 20 cm (8 in) TL (Jordan and Evermann 1898).
Bristol Bay, southeastern Bering Sea, Alaska; Shelikof Bay, eastern Gulf of Alaska; Vancouver Island,
British Columbia (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Point Montara, central California (Miller and Lea 1972).
At depths of 20–289 m (66–900 ft) (min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: RACE). Originally described as
a species in Occa, but the name Occa was already used for a genus of bird. Chesnonia was chosen as a
replacement name. Some authors classify the species in Occella. Further study is needed to determine its
correct placement (Sheiko and Mecklenburg 2004).
Hypsagonus quadricornis (Valenciennes, 1829). Fourhorn Poacher. To 12.0 cm (4.7 in) TL (Tokranov and
Orlov 2004). Sea of Okhotsk and northern Sea of Japan to Commander–Aleutian chain and Bering Sea
to Bering Strait (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), to Puget Sound, Washington (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
At depths of 15–452 m (49–1,483 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002). The species name is often attributed
to Cuvier, but Valenciennes provided both the species name and the description; the full citation is
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Sheiko 1993; see also Mecklenburg et al. 2002, Sheiko and
Mecklenburg 2004).
Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Atlantic Poacher. To 22.6 cm (8.9 in) TL (Scott and Scott
1988). Arctic Ocean from Laptev Sea east to western North Atlantic, south in Pacific to Chukchi and
Bering seas, Alaska, and in Atlantic to Newfoundland; isolated population in Sea of Okhotsk (Sheiko
and Mecklenburg 2004). Southernmost record in eastern Pacific is UW 15284 from Bristol Bay, Alaska
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 24–930 m (79–3,069 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Occella dodecaedron (Tilesius, 1813). Bering Poacher. To 23 cm (9.1 in) TL (Tokranov 1992b). Northern Sea
of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk and Kuril Islands to Pacific Ocean off Kamchatka and western Bering Sea
at Gulf of Anadyr; eastern Chukchi Sea at Kotzbue Sound and eastern Bering Sea at Norton Sound to
western Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 5–92 m (17–302 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg
et al. 2002; max.: Sheiko and Fedorov 2000); juveniles occasionally near shore in less than 1 m of water
(e.g., UW 44795). One aberrant, questionable record from 375 m (1,230 ft; Allen and Smith 1988), likely
from contamination of sample such as fish left in net from a previous, shallower tow, or fish entering the
net way above maximum depth of tow.
Odontopyxis trispinosa Lockington, 1880. Pygmy Poacher. To 13 cm (5.1 in) TL (Groce and Gartman
2001). Prince William Sound, northern Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Isla Cedros,
central Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). One possible record from southeastern Bering Sea, but
voucher specimen has been lost (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 5–373 m (16–1,224 ft) (min.:
Mecklenburg et al. 2002 ; max.: Gilbert 1896).
Pallasina barbata (Steindachner, 1876). Tubenose Poacher. To 20.8 cm (8.2 in) TL (Kanayama 1991). Japan
Sea off Korea, Okhotsk Sea, and Pacific Ocean off Kuril Islands to eastern Chukchi and Bering seas
and Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), to Bodega Bay, central California (Miller and
Lea 1972). Intertidal zone (Miller and Lea 1972), including tidepools (e.g., UW 1185), and to 128 m
(420 ft; USNM 59417). The eastern Pacific form is sometimes treated as a separate species, Pallasina
aix Starks, 1896, although taxonomists have given evidence for it being the same as P. barbata. Most
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