Stellerina xyosterna | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Genus: |
Stellerina Cramer, 1896 |
Species: | S. xyosterna |
Binomial name | |
Stellerina xyosterna (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) |
Stellerina xyosterna, the Pricklebreast poacher, is a species of poacher native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from Canada to northern Mexico. This species can be found on sandy or muddy bottoms at depths of from 5 to 75 metres (16 to 246 ft). This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.