Animalia > Chordata > Scorpaeniformes > Agonidae > Anoplagonus > Anoplagonus inermis

Anoplagonus inermis (Smooth sea-poacher; Smooth poacher; Smooth alligatorfish)

Synonyms: Aspidophoroides inermis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Smooth alligatorfish (Anoplagonus inermis, also known as the Smooth poacher or the Smooth sea-poacher) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers). It was described by Albert Günther in 1860. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean, including California, USA, and possibly Korea. It dwells at a depth range of 8-102 metres, usually around rocks. Males can reach a maximum total length of 15 centimetres. The Smooth alligatorfish is preyed upon by the Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis). It is often caught by shrimp trawlers.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Predators

Gadus macrocephalus (Pacific cod)[1]
Hippoglossus stenolepis (Pacific halibut)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0