Bluespotted poacher

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Bluespotted poacher
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Xeneretmus
Species:
X. triacanthus
Binomial name
Xeneretmus triacanthus
(Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms [1]
  • Xenochirus triacanthusGilbert, 1890

The bluespotted poacher [2] (Xeneretmus triacanthus) is a fish in the family Agonidae. [3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890, originally in the genus Xenochirus . [4]

This marine, deep water-dwelling fish is known from British Columbia, Canada to northern central Baja California, Mexico, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It inhabits soft benthic sediments at depths ranging from 73 to 373 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 18 centimetres. [3]

The bluespotted poacher is preyed on by the California sea lion. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Xeneretmus triacanthus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Xeneretmus triacanthus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Xeneretmus triacanthus 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 triacanthus at www.fishbase.org.
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