Collared wrigglers are perciform fishes in the family Xenisthmidae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, where they are mostly reef-dwelling.

Collared wrigglers
Allomicrodesmus dorotheae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Xenisthmidae
Genera

Species

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The 10 species in 7 genera are:

  • Genus Allomicrodesmus Schultz, 1966
  • Genus Gymnoxenisthmus Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2014 [2]
  • Genus Kraemericus
  • Genus Paraxenisthmus Gill & Hoese, 1993
  • Genus Rotuma Springer, 1988
  • Genus Tyson Springer, 1983

References

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  1. ^ Schultz, L.P. (1966). Schultz, L.P.; Woods, L.P.; Lachner, E.A. (eds.). Order Percomorphida. Suborder Gobiina. Superfamily Gobioidea (Print). In Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 3. Families Kraemeridae through Antennariidae. United States: United States National Museum Bulletin. pp. 1–176.
  2. ^ a b Gill, A.C.; Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2014). "Gymnoxenisthmus tigrellus, new genus and species of gobioid fish from the Red Sea (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3755 (5): 491–495. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3755.5.9. PMID 24869837.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Springer, V.G. (1988). "Rotuma lewisi, new genus and species of fish from the southwest Pacific (Gobioidei, Xenisthmidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101 (3). Biological Society of Washington: 530–539.
  5. ^ Springer, V.G. (1983). "Tyson belos, New Genus and Species of Western Pacific Fish (Gobiidae, Xenisthminae) : With Discussions of Gobioid Osteology and Classification" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 390 (390). Smithsonian Institution Press: 1–40. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.390. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b c 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.
  9. ^ Jordan, D.S.; Seale, A. (1994). "he 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.