Blacktip poacher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Xeneretmus
Species:
X. latifrons
Binomial name
Xeneretmus latifrons
(Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Xenochirus latifrons Gilbert, 1890

The blacktip poacher[2] (Xeneretmus latifrons) is a fish in the family Agonidae.[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling fish which is known from British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 18–400 metres, and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19 centimetres.[3]

The blacktip poacher is preyed on by hake,[5] flatfish, and lancetfish.[3] Its own diet consists of mysid crustaceans.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Gilbert, C. H. 1890 (1 July) [ref. 1623] A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.
  5. ↑ Organisms preying on Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org.
  6. ↑ Food items reported for Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org.
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