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