The blacktip poacherCommon names for Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org. (Xeneretmus latifrons) is a fish in the family Agonidae.Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890.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. 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,Organisms preying on Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org. flatfish, and lancetfish. Its own diet consists of mysid crustaceans.Food items reported for Xeneretmus latifrons at www.fishbase.org.
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