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tubenose poacher

Pallasina barbata (Steindachner, 1876)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

The tubenose poacher (Pallasina barbata) is a species of poacher native to the northern Pacific Ocean. This species occurs at depths of from 0 to 105 metres (0 to 340 ft). This species grows to a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) TL.

Wikipedia contributors, Tubenose poacher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:01:59.212715+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pallasina barbata (Steindachner, 1876)
Name authority
(Steindachner, 1876)
Common name
tubenose poacher
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Agonidae
Genus
Pallasina
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderCottoidei
  12. familyAgonidae Swainson, 1839
  13. subfamilyBrachyopsinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
  14. genusPallasina Cramer, 1895
  15. speciesPallasina barbata (Steindachner, 1876)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 35 records assigned to Agonidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Pallasina eryngia Jordan & Richardson, 1907 Jordan & Richardson, 1907synonym
Siphagonus barbatus Steindachner, 1876 Steindachner, 1876synonym
Pallasina barbata aix (Starks, 1896) (Starks, 1896)synonym
Pallasina barbata barbata (Steindachner, 1876) (Steindachner, 1876)synonym
Pallasina aix Starks, 1896 Starks, 1896synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254396 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4C5CV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.