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Agonomalus mozinoi Willimovsky & Wilson, 1979. Kelp Poacher. To 8.9 cm (3.5 in) TL (Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983). Dixon Entrance, British Columbia (Peden and Wilson 1976) to San Simeon, central
California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983); one unconfirmed report from Sitka, southeastern Alaska
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Intertidal (Wilimovsky and Wilson 1978) and to 11 m (35 ft; Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983). Classified in Hypsagonus by some authors. The correct date of the original description
is 1979 (Eschmeyer 1998). Although the volume in which it appeared is for 1978, the back cover reads
“Released May 1, 1979.”
Agonopsis sterletus (Gilbert, 1898). Southern Spearnose Poacher. To 15 cm (5.75 in) TL (Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983). San Simeon Point, central California (Miller and Lea 1972) to near southern tip of Baja
California (22°54'N; Castro-Aguirre et al. 1993). At depths of 3–100 m (10–328 ft) (min.: SIO 75-608;
max.: Allen et al. 2002).
Agonopsis vulsa (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Northern Spearnose Poacher. To 20.3 cm (8 in) TL (Miller and
Lea 1972). Kachemak Bay, northern Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Point Loma, southern
California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal (SIO 67-162) and to depth of 393 m (1,289 ft; UW 47277).
Agonopsis emmelane (Jordan & Starks, 1895) is a junior synonym.
Anoplagonus inermis (Günther, 1860). Smooth Alligatorfish. To 15 cm (6 in) TL (Hart 1973). Aleutian Islands
at Petrel Bank (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Point Arena, northern California (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). At depths of 5–114 m (17–374 ft) (min.: Lamb and Edgell 1986; max.: UW 111415), reported to
139 m (456 ft; W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.) and 458 m (1,511 ft; Wilkins et al. 1998).
Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786). Alligatorfish. To 17.8 cm (7 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Atlantic and Pacific; Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk to Gulf of Anadyr, eastern Chukchi Sea (Alaska),
Bering Sea, and Aleutian Islands west to Amchitka Island, and to Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 8–350 m (26–1,155 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.:
Kanayama in Okamura et al. 1995). The Alaskan population may be a distinct species, Aspidophoroides
bartoni Gilbert, 1896, to which the common name Aleutian Alligatorfish applies; additional study is
needed (Sheiko and Mecklenburg 2004).
Bathyagonus alascanus (Gilbert, 1896). Gray Starsnout. To 14.1 cm (5.6 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Southeastern Bering Sea west of Pribilof Islands, Alaska to northern California (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
At depths of 18–297 m (60–974 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Hoff and Britt 2003).
Bathyagonus infraspinatus (Gilbert, 1904). Spinycheek Starsnout. To 14.3 cm (5.6 in) TL (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002). Southeastern Bering Sea from vicinity of Pribilof Islands and Islands of Four Mountains,
Aleutian Islands, Alaska to northern California near Eureka (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of
6–183 m (20–600 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Recently classified by some authors in Asterotheca, as A.
infraspinata (e.g., Miller and Lea 1972); originally in Xeneretmus.
Bathyagonus nigripinnis Gilbert, 1890. Blackfin Poacher. To 29 cm (11.4 in) TL (Snytko 1987). Pacific
coast of northern Japan (Imamura and Kitagawa 1999); northern Kuril Islands and southeastern
Kamchatka (Tokranov 2000b) to Commander–Aleutian chain and northern Bering Sea near Cape
Navarin (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Eureka, northern California (Miller and Lea 1972); reported to
central California (36°46'N; Shaw et al. 2000) but not verifiable. At depths of 18–1,248 m (59–4,094 ft),
typically at 50–800 m (164–2,625 ft; Allen and Smith 1988). The source for the maximum depth of
1,290 m reported by Sheiko and Fedorov (2000) is uncertain (B. A. Sheiko, pers. comm. to C. W. M.).
Bathyagonus pentacanthus (Gilbert, 1890). Bigeye Poacher or Bigeye Starsnout. To 26.2 cm (10.3 in) TL
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Western Gulf of Alaska near Chirikof Island, Alaska (Mecklenburg et al.
2002) to Cortes Bank (Miller and Lea 1972) and off Point Loma, southern California (SIO 79-85). At
depths of 100–1,145 m (328–3,756 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002, UW 110095; max.: Ramsey et
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