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262:. They live at 1,280 m (4,200 ft) deep, with only a few species preferring shallower, coastal waters. All but one species are restricted to the Northern Hemisphere.
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Cottales within the suborder
Cottoidei of the Perciformes. A number of taxa which were previously classified within the
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to move in short bursts. The family includes about 59 species in some 25 genera, some of which are quite widespread.
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Agonidae was first proposed as a family in 1839 by the English
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J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016).
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175:. Common names for members of this family include
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221:At 42 centimetres (17 in) in length, the
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171:of small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine
880:"Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes"
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772:. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 179.
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846:(5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495.
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238:Agonidae species generally feed on small
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312:and so classify this family within the
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940:Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
798:"Family-group names of Recent fishes"
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1283:Taxa named by William John Swainson
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246:found on the bottom. Some species
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308:then Perciformes is recovered as
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986:"Genera in the family Agonidae"
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514:Jordan & Evermann, 1898
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151:Subfamilies & genera
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884:BMC Evolutionary Biology
757:. December 2012 version.
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232:Bothragonus occidentalis
1278:Taxa described in 1839
770:Encyclopedia of Fishes
324:Subfamilies and genera
298:in the 5th edition of
1222:Paleobiology Database
982:Eschmeyer, William N.
275:William John Swainson
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896:2017BMCEE..17..162B
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301:Fishes of the World
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1051:Wikispecies
1001:21 December
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706:Odontopyxis
693:Bathyagonus
520:Brachyopsis
487:Anoplagonus
421:Bothragonus
395:Nautichthys
306:Perciformes
279:superfamily
240:crustaceans
212:pelvic fins
181:Irish lords
1257:Categories
864:2022-12-21
731:References
719:Xeneretmus
711:Lockington
664:Gill, 1861
660:Podothecus
654:Gill, 1861
650:Leptagonus
614:Gill, 1861
574:Stellerina
524:Gill, 1861
491:Gill, 1861
481:Gill, 1861
458:Gill, 1861
454:Hypsagonus
441:Agonomalus
435:Gill, 1861
425:Gill, 1883
314:infraorder
272:naturalist
248:camouflage
193:starsnouts
185:sea ravens
114:Suborder:
1268:Cottoidea
629:Schneider
610:Agonopsis
561:Pallasina
530:Chesnonia
446:Guichenot
289:Cottoidei
282:Cottoidea
201:rockheads
197:hooknoses
157:See text
128:Cottoidea
118:Cottoidei
74:Kingdom:
68:Eukaryota
24:Agonidae
1263:Agonidae
1071:Agonidae
1057:Agonidae
1042:Q1030003
1036:Wikidata
1027:Agonidae
968:25014569
924:28683774
824:25543675
754:FishBase
685:Lindberg
670:Sarritor
642:Kanayama
602:Swainson
598:Agoninae
584:Tilesina
502:Lacépède
413:Lindberg
375:Blepsias
341:Evermann
318:Cottidae
286:suborder
266:Taxonomy
177:poachers
165:Agonidae
143:Swainson
138:Agonidae
134:Family:
88:Chordata
84:Phylum:
78:Animalia
64:Domain:
948:Bibcode
915:5501477
892:Bibcode
802:Zootaxa
698:Gilbert
589:Schmidt
547:Occella
539:Whitley
535:Iredale
469:Scopoli
291:in the
284:in the
260:seaweed
256:sponges
104:Order:
94:Class:
1240:125588
1227:266387
1214:226307
1175:167426
1162:114130
1123:1AGOUF
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700:, 1890
687:, 1971
644:, 1991
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627:&
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604:, 1839
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568:, 1895
566:Cramer
555:, 1925
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504:, 1801
471:, 1777
464:Percis
448:, 1866
415:, 1971
402:, 1858
400:Girard
369:, 1856
356:, 1829
354:Cuvier
343:, 1898
339:&
337:Jordan
252:hydras
199:, and
169:family
145:, 1839
1235:WoRMS
1201:30972
1157:IRMNG
1149:85563
625:Bloch
553:Hubbs
293:order
258:, or
167:is a
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1170:ITIS
1136:8617
1131:GBIF
1118:EPPO
1110:5155
1084:1295
1079:BOLD
1003:2022
964:PMID
920:PMID
848:ISBN
820:PMID
806:3882
774:ISBN
367:Gill
242:and
210:The
173:fish
1183:NBN
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