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]
The blacktip poacher (Xeneretmus latifrons) is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890. 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.
The blacktip poacher is preyed on by hake, flatfish, and lancetfish. Its own diet consists of mysid crustaceans.
