Sawback poacher

Sawback poacher
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Agonidae
Genus:	Sarritor
Species:	S. frenatus
Binomial name
Sarritor frenatus (Gilbert, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
Odontopyxis frenatus Gilbert, 1896 Leptagonus frenatus (Gilbert, 1896) Sarritor frenatus frenatus (Gilbert, 1896) Sarritor frenatus occidentalis Lindberg & Andriashev, 1937

The sawback poacher[2] (Sarritor frenatus) is a species of fish in the family Agonidae.[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1896, originally under the genus Odontopyxis.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean, including Japan, the Gulf of Anadyr, the Bering Sea, the Aleutian chain, and British Columbia, Canada. It dwells at a depth range of 18 to 975 metres (59 to 3,199 ft), and inhabits soft sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 27 centimetres (11 in).[3]

The sawback poacher is preyed on by bony fish including the Pacific cod, the Kamchatka flounder, the Pacific halibut, the Aleutian skate, and Careproctus cyclocephalus.[5] Its own diet consists of fish, fish eggs, fish offal, amphipods, euphausiids, isopods, shrimp, and polychaetes.[6]

References

1. Synonyms of Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
2. Common names of Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
3. Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
4. Gilbert, C. H., 1896 (9 Dec.) [ref. 1628] The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35.
5. Organisms Preying on Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
6. Food items reported for Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.