Paraxenisthmus springeri is a species of fish in the genus Paraxenisthmus of the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,[2] from the West Pacific.[3] Its specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer (b. 1928) of the U.S. National Museum for his contributions to fish systematics.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Paraxenisthmus |
| Species: | P. springeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraxenisthmus springeri Gill & Hoese, 1993
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References edit
- ^ Greenfield, D.; Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Paraxenisthmus springeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T82308892A82308898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T82308892A82308898.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
- ^ Gill, Anthony C.; Hoese, Douglass F. (1993). "Paraxenisthmus springeri, New Genus and Species of Gobioid Fish from the West Pacific, and Its Phylogenetic Position within the Xenisthmidae". Copeia. 1993 (4): 1049–1057. doi:10.2307/1447083. JSTOR 1447083.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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