The gray starsnout (Bathyagonus alascanus), also known as the gray starsnout poacher in the United States,[2] is a fish in the family Agonidae.
[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.
The Gray starsnout is preyed on by the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus).