Agonus

Agonus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Agonidae
Subfamily:	Agoninae
Genus:	Agonus; Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
Species:	A. cataphractus
Binomial name
	Agonus cataphractus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Cottus cataphractus Linnaeus, 1758 ; Phalangistes cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Aspidophorus cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Cottus brodamus Bonnaterre, 1788 ; Aspidophorus armatus Lacépède, 1801 ; Cataphractus schoneveldii Fleming, 1828 ; Aspidophorus europaeus Cuvier, 1829 ; Paragonus sertorii Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 ; Ribeiroa sertorii (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) ;

Agonus is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Agoninae in the family Agonidae. Its only species is Agonus cataphractus, commonly known as the hooknose, pogge or armed bullhead. This is a demersal fish found in the coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.

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