Xenisthmus is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,[2] a part of Gobiiformes.[3] These small to very small fish are known as wrigglers, and live in reefs and among rubble in the Indo-Pacific.[4]
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| Xenisthmus clarus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Xenisthmus Snyder, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Xenisthmus proriger Snyder, 1908[1]
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Species
editXenisthmus contains the following species:[4]
- Xenisthmus africanus J.L.B. Smith, 1958[5] – flathead wriggler or African wriggler
- Xenisthmus balius Gill & Randall, 1994[6] – freckled wriggler
- Xenisthmus chapmani (Schultz, 1966)
- Xenisthmus chi Gill & Hoese, 2004[3] – chi wriggler
- Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)[7] – clear wriggler
- Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004[3] – spotted wriggler
- Xenisthmus oligoporus Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2017
- Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger, 1871) – bullseye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler
- Xenisthmus semicinctus Gill & Hoese, 2004[3]
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Xenisthmus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
- ^ a b c d Gill, Anthony C.; Hoese, Douglass F. (2004). "Three New Australian Species of the Fish Genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 56 (2). The Australian Museum: 241–246. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1428. ISSN 0067-1975. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Xenisthmus". FishBase. July 2017 version.
- ^ Smith, J.L.B. (1958). "The fishes of the family Eleotridae in the western Indian Ocean". Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. 11. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology: 137–163. hdl:10962/d1018772.
- ^ Gill, Anthony C.; Randall, J.E. (1994). "Xenisthmus balius, a new species of fish from the Persian Gulf (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 107 (3). Biological Society of Washington: 445–450.
- ^ Jordan, D.S.; Seale, A. (1994). "The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania". Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. 25.
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