Pygmy poacher

The Pygmy poacher lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 9 - 373 m environment.

Pygmy poacher- Odontopyxis trispinosa - Remarks: A small fish commonly missed or misidentified by observers and sportfishers. This bottom dwelling fish darts about in short bursts. More

Pygmy Poacher (Odontopyxis trispinosa) has upright rostral spines; shallow pit on top of head behind eyes; occurs from se. Alaska to Isla Cedros, Baja California. More

It looks to me like a Pygmy Poacher, its hard to see if there is a pit behind the head in the photo. Mike * Login or register to post comments Check out that blow dart.... More

* Pygmy poacher, Odontopyxis trispinosa Lockington, 1880. * Genus Pallasina * Tubenose poacher, Pallasina barbata (Steindachner, 1876). More

Common names

bandido enano in Spanish (español)
Pygmæ-panserulk in Danish (dansk)
pygmy poacher in English
三刺矮八角魚 in Mandarin Chinese
三刺矮八角鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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