see text Hypsagoninae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Agonidae, part of the sculpin superfamily Cottoidea.

Some workers have regarded the genus Agonomalus as synonymous with Hypsagonus and place the two remaining genera in the subfamily Percidinae which was also named by Gill in 1897.

[3] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the Hypsagoninae within the family Agonidae, part of the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins.

[3] The smallest species is the kelp poacher (Agonomalus mozinoi) which has a maximum published total length of 8.9 cm (3.5 in) while the largest is the dragon poacher (Percis japonica) ith a maximum published total length of 42 cm (17 in).

[5] Hypsagoninae sculpins are found in the northern Pacific Ocean from Japan north to the Chukchi Sea and south to California.