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Alligatorfish

Aspidophoroides monopterygius

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Nova Scotia.January 205, February 174, March 250, April 315, May 522, June 454, July 728, August 460, September 370, October 393, November 259, December 234.
Canada12,569
Nova Scotia4,364
Quebec4,181
Newfoundland and Labrador2,375
United States2,079
New Brunswick1,371
Alaska899
Maine822
Massachusetts328
Prince Edward Island177

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyPoachers · Agonidae
GenusAspidophoroides

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