the smooth alligatorfish (''Anoplagonus inermis''), also known as the smooth poacher or the smooth sea-poacher,) is a fish in the family

Agonidae Agonidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fish. Common names for members of this family include poachers, Irish lords, sea ravens, alligatorfishes, starsnouts, hooknoses, and rockheads. They are notable for having elongate ...

.''Anoplagonus inermis''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

Albert Günther Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive re ...

in 1860.Günther, A. 1860 (13 Oct.) ef. 1963''Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae.'' British Mus., London. v. 2: i–xxi + 1–548 It is a

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fish which dwells in

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waters, and is known from the northern

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, including

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, and possibly

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. It dwells at a depth range of 8–102 metres, usually around rocks. Males can reach a maximum

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...

of 15 centimetres. The smooth alligatorfish is preyed upon by the

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(''Hippoglossus stenolepis'').Organisms preying on ''Anoplagonus inermis''
at www.fishbase.org. It is often caught by

shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...

trawlers.

References

Snooth alligatorfish Fish described in 1860 Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Scorpaeniformes-stub