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