Atlantic poacher
(Leptagonus decagonus)
Image source: Halvard Aas Midtun | inaturalist.org
General data
Scientific names:
Atlantic poacher
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climates:
Subpolar, Polar
The Atlantic poacher (Leptagonus decagonus) is a species of poacher native to the northern oceans:
Arctic to Northwest Atlantic and Northwest Pacific: Grand Bank and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada in western Atlantic. Eastern Atlantic: Spitsbergen and Finmarken coasts in Norway eastward to White Sea, Barents Sea and Kara Sea; also Iceland and Greenland. Also Okhotsk and Bering seas.
It is found at depths of from 0 to 930 metres (0 to 3,051 ft).
This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL.
It is the only known member of its genus.
