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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Cottoidei
Infraordo: Cottales

Familia: Agonidae
Genera: Chesnonia

Chesnonia is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Brachyopsinae in the family Agonidae. Its only species is Chesnonia verrucosa, the warty poacher, which is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean where it occurs from Bristol Bay and Unimak Island in Alaska south to Point Montara in California. It is found at depths of from 18 to 425 metres (59 to 1,394 ft) over soft substrates. This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.[1]
References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chesnonia verrucosa". FishBase. August 2022 version.

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