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Microdesmus
Sign in to saveMicrodesmus is a genus of wormfishes native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGobiiformes
- FamilyMicrodesmidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 72
- Family
- Microdesmidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, TCWC, SIO, ICML-UNAM, USNM, UMMZ
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Belize, Panama, United States
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- Parent taxon
- Microdesminae
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- Microdesmus carri, Larval (Wormfish).jpg
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Microdesmus is a genus of wormfishes native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
==Species== There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud, 1927) Microdesmus affinis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (Olivaceous wormfish) Microdesmus africanus C. E. Dawson, 1979 Microdesmus bahianus C. E. Dawson, 1973 Microdesmus carri C. R. Gilbert, 1966 (Stippled wormfish) Microdesmus dipus Günther, 1864 (Banded worm goby) Microdesmus dorsipunctatus C. E. Dawson, 1968 (Spotback wormfish) Microdesmus hildebrandi Reid, 1936 Microdesmus intermedius Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 Microdesmus knappi C. E. Dawson, 1972 Microdesmus lanceolatus C. E. Dawson, 1962 (Lancetail wormfish) Microdesmus longipinnis (Weymouth, 1910) (Pink wormfish) Microdesmus luscus C. E. Dawson, 1977 (Blind wormfish) Microdesmus multiradiatus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 Microdesmus retropinnis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Rearfin wormfish) Microdesmus suttkusi C. R. Gilbert, 1966 (Spotside wormfish)
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