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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae Poachers
Subfamily: Anoplagoninae
Genus: Aspidophoroides

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2 species (see list below)

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Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786)

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Aspidophoroides monopterygius
[Alligatorfish]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Arctic to Northwest Atlan
Max. Length 8.6 cm TL
Aspidophoroides olrikii Lütken, 1877

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.
 
Aspidophoroides olrikii
[Arctic alligatorfish]
2 Species of Family Agonidae with Genus Aspidophoroides
(Poachers)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1786 Aspidophoroides monopterygius Alligatorfish Northwest Atlantic 22 TL
1877 Aspidophoroides olrikii Arctic alligatorfish Arctic to Northwest Atlan 8.6 TL



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