Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei
Family: Agonidae Poachers
Subfamily: Bathyagoninae
Genus: Xeneretmus

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4 species
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Max. Length 19 cm TL

 
Xeneretmus latifrons
[Blacktip poacher]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 24 cm TL
Xeneretmus leiops Gilbert, 1915

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Xeneretmus leiops
[Smooth-eye poacher]
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Max. Length 16 cm TL

 
Xeneretmus ritteri
[Stripefin poacher]

Photo by Hopkins Seaside Laboratory

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Xeneretmus triacanthus (Gilbert, 1890)

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Xeneretmus triacanthus
[Bluespotted poacher]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Xeneretmus latifrons Blacktip poacher Eastern Pacific 19 TL 1890
Xeneretmus leiops Smooth-eye poacher Eastern Pacific 24 TL 1915
Xeneretmus ritteri Stripefin poacher Eastern Central Pacific 16 TL 1915
Xeneretmus triacanthus Bluespotted poacher Eastern Pacific 18 TL 1890



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