Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Scorpaeniformes > Family Agonidae > Subfamily Agoninae > Genus Leptagonus

Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptagonus*	Gill, 1862	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): tiskjegg sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: alligator poacher; Atlantic poacher sources: North/South Consultants 2006. Potential dispersal of aquatic invasive species into Hudson Bay from ballast water from ships travelling from ports in Europe and North America. A report prepared for Fisheries and Ocean Canada File No. F2408-050083;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Atlantic Poacher sources: Charles Hussey

French: agone atlantique sources: Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

Norwegian: tiskjegg sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: tiskjegg

Norwegian Nynorsk: tiskjegg

Nynorsk (Norwegian): tiskjegg sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: penbwl Môr Iwerydd

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
additional source	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
FishBase
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127191