Smooth-eye poacher
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| Species: | X. leiops
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| Xeneretmus leiops Gilbert, 1915
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The Smooth-eye poacher[1] (Xeneretmus leiops) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1915.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from southern British Columbia, Canada to southern California, USA, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 37-399 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 24 centimetres.[2]
References
- ^ Common names for Xeneretmus leiops at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Xeneretmus leiops at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Gilbert, C. H., 1915 (28 Jan.) [ref. 1632] Fishes collected by the United States Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in southern California in 1904. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 48 (no. 2075): 305-380, Pls. 14-22.
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