Bluespotted poacher

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

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

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. 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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