Blacktip poacher

The blacktip poacher[2] (Xeneretmus latifrons) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[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]

Blacktip poacher
Scientific classification
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 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. 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.