The gray starsnout (Bathyagonus alascanus), also known as the gray starsnout poacher in the United States,[2] is a fish in the family Agonidae.[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1896.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean, from the coast of the Bering Sea in Alaska, to the Oregon-California border. It dwells at a depth range of 18–252 metres, and inhabits rocky areas. Males can reach a maximum total length of 13 centimetres.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Genus: | Bathyagonus |
| Species: | B. alascanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathyagonus alascanus (Gilbert, 1896)
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The species epithet "alascanus" refers to the species' type locality in Alaska. The Gray starsnout is preyed on by the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus).[5]
References
edit- ^ Synonyms of Bathyagonus alascanus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Bathyagonus alascanus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Bathyagonus alascanus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Gilbert, C. H., 1896 (9 Dec.) [ref. 1628] The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35.
- ^ Organisms preying on Bathyagonus alascanus at www.fishbase.org.
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