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authors do not recognize the aix form even as a subspecies. Research is ongoing to examine the question;<br />
see discussions and literature cited by Kanayama (1991:115–117), Mecklenburg et al. (2002:533), and<br />
Sheiko and Mecklenburg (2004:18).<br />
Percis japonica (Pallas, 1769). Dragon Poacher. To 44.0 cm (17.3 in; Tokranov 1993). Sea of Japan and Sea<br />
of Okhotsk to northern Bering Sea and to Gulf of <strong>Alaska</strong>; only one Gulf of <strong>Alaska</strong> record (Mecklenburg<br />
et al. 2002). At depths of 20–750 m (66–2,461 ft) in western North Pacific (Sheiko and Fedorov 2000),<br />
documented at 68–550 m (223–1,804 ft) in <strong>Alaska</strong> (min.: UW 28562; max.: UW 28568). Sometimes<br />
seen spelled japonicus, the specific name is correctly spelled japonica to agree in gender (feminine) with<br />
Percis.<br />
Podothecus accipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813). Sturgeon Poacher. To 33 cm (13 in) TL (Tokranov 1992a).<br />
Northern Kuril Islands and Okhotsk Sea off southwestern Kamchatka to Commander–Aleutian chain<br />
and southern Bering Sea, <strong>Alaska</strong> (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Point Reyes, northern California (Allen<br />
and Smith 1988). At depths of 2–500 m (7–1,640 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.: V. V. Fedorov,<br />
unpubl. data provided by B. A. Sheiko, pers. comm. to C. W. M.). Originally placed in genus Agonus.<br />
Usually seen spelled acipenserinus but the original, correct spelling is accipenserinus (Sheiko 1993, Sheiko<br />
and Mecklenburg 2004).<br />
Podothecus veternus Jordan & Starks 1895. Veteran Poacher. To 28.5 cm (11.2 ft) TL (Lindberg and<br />
Krasyukova 1987). Okhotsk Sea and Japan Sea to eastern Bering Sea, <strong>Alaska</strong> at Norton Sound and near<br />
St. Matthew Island to eastern Chukchi Sea; one record from Beaufort Sea, <strong>Alaska</strong>, which probably was<br />
this species, but voucher specimen was lost (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 9–240 m (27–787 ft)<br />
(min.: B. A. Sheiko, pers. comm. to C. W. M.; max.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Because of historical<br />
confusion of P. veternus with P. accipenserinus, geographic and bathymetric ranges for the species are<br />
not well known (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).<br />
Sarritor frenatus (Gilbert, 1896). Sawback Poacher. To 29 cm (11.4 in ) TL (Tokranov 1992b). Pacific coast of<br />
Hokkaido, Japan to Norton Sound, Bering Sea, Commander–Aleutian chain, and Stalemate and Bowers<br />
banks, to Observatory Inlet, northern British Columbia (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 18–<br />
975 m (60–3,199 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Allen and Smith 1988). Recently classified<br />
by some authors in Leptagonus; originally in Odontopyxis (see Sheiko and Mecklenburg 2004).<br />
Sarritor leptorhynchus (Gilbert, 1896). Longnose Poacher. To 20.0 cm (7.9 in) SL (Kanayama 1991), or about<br />
22.6 cm (8.9 in) TL (C. W. M., unpubl. data). Seas of Japan and Okhotsk and Pacific coast of northern<br />
Japan to Commander–Aleutian chain, to 61°N in western Bering Sea off Russia and to Pribilof Islands<br />
and Bristol Bay in eastern Bering Sea off <strong>Alaska</strong>, to Prince William Sound, northern Gulf of <strong>Alaska</strong><br />
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 14.6–460 m (48–1,509 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.:<br />
Orlov 1998); reported but not confirmed to 974 m (3,195 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Recently classified<br />
by some authors in Leptagonus; originally in Odontopyxis (see Sheiko and Mecklenburg 2004).<br />
Stellerina xyosterna (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Pricklebreast Poacher. To 16.5 cm (6.5 in) TL (Jordan and<br />
Evermann 1898). Icy Bay, northern Gulf of <strong>Alaska</strong> (Peden and Jamieson 1988, Mecklenburg et al. 2002);<br />
and northern British Columbia near <strong>Alaska</strong> border (Barraclough and Peden 1976) to Bahia Magdalena,<br />
southern Baja California (SIO 50-237). At depths of 2 m (7 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to at least<br />
100 m (330 ft; Gotshall and Geibel 2005). Occella impi Gruchy, 1970, originally described from a single<br />
juvenile specimen from British Columbia, was recently shown to be a junior synonym of S. xyosterna<br />
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002).<br />
Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877). Arctic Alligatorfish. To 8.6 cm (3.4 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Arctic<br />
Ocean from eastern Barents Sea and White Sea eastward to Greenland, south in western Atlantic<br />
to Newfoundland, and south in Pacific to northern Bering Sea south of St. Lawrence Island, <strong>Alaska</strong>