Podothecus

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Agonidae
Subfamily:	Agoninae
Genus:	Podothecus T. N. Gill, 1861
Type species
Podothecus peristethus Gill, 1861^[1]
Synonyms^[1]
Draciscus Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Paragonus Gill, 1861 Paragonus Guichenot, 1869

Podothecus is a genus of poachers native to the northern Pacific Ocean.

Species

Stuffed specimen of Podothecus sachi, exhibited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[2]^[3]

Podothecus accipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813) (sturgeon poacher)
Podothecus hamlini D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1898
Podothecus sachi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Podothecus sturioides (Guichenot, 1869)
Podothecus veternus D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895

References

^ ^a ^b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Agononae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Podothecus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
^ "WoRMS taxon details—Podothecus Gill, 1861". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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