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Xeneretmus triacanthus (Bluespotted poacher)

Synonyms: Xenochirus triacanthus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Bluespotted poacher (Xeneretmus triacanthus) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890, originally in the genus Xenochirus. 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. The Bluespotted poacher is preyed on by the California sea lion.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge IV 352 California, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Predators

Zalophus californianus (California Sealion)[1]
Zalophus japonicus (Japanese Sealion)[1]
Zalophus wollebaeki (Galapagos Sea Lion)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Opecoelus xenistii[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0