veteran poacher
Podothecus veternus Jordan & Starks, 1895
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.
Podothecus veternus Subject: Poachers (Fish), Podothecus Tag: Fish
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Open encyclopedia reference
The veteran poacher (Podothecus veternus) is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks in 1895. It is a marine, polar water-dwelling fish which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Peter the Great Bay; Robben Island, Sakhalin; and the Sea of Okhotsk. It dwells at a depth range 10 to 605 metres (33 to 1,985 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 28 centimetres (11 in).
Wikipedia contributors, Veteran poacher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:12:13.285220+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Podothecus veternus Jordan & Starks, 1895
- Name authority
- Jordan & Starks, 1895
- Common name
- veteran poacher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Agonidae
- Genus
- Podothecus
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderCottoidei
- familyAgonidae Swainson, 1839
- subfamilyAgoninae Swainson, 1839
- genusPodothecus Gill, 1861
- speciesPodothecus veternus Jordan & Starks, 1895
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Podothecus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hawk poacherPodothecus sturioides (Guichenot, 1869) | AgonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sturgeon poacherPodothecus accipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813) | AgonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Podothecus hamlini Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 | AgonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sail-fin poacherPodothecus sachi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | AgonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Jordan, D. S., & Starks, E. C. (1895). The fishes of Puget Sound. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2), v. 5: 785–855, Pls. 76–104. 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.
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:4KRXS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.