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Xenisthmidae

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

Species

collared wrigglers

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyXenisthmidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded687

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Family
Xenisthmidae
Collections
USNM, MNHN, UF
Recorded in
Marshall Islands, Fidji(I.), Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gobiiformes
Image
Allomicrodesmus dorotheae.jpg
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taxon rank
family
taxon name
Xenisthmidae
topic's main category
Category:Xenisthmidae
Commons category
Xenisthmidae
taxon common name
ヤナギハゼ科
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
  • References

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

==Species== The 10 species in 7 genera are: Genus Allomicrodesmus Schultz, 1966 Allomicrodesmus dorotheae Schultz, 1966 Genus Gymnoxenisthmus Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2014 Gymnoxenisthmus tigrellus Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2014 Genus Kraemericus Kraemericus smithi Menon & Talwar, 1972 Genus Paraxenisthmus Gill & Hoese, 1993 Paraxenisthmus springeri Gill & Hoese, 1993 Genus Rotuma Springer, 1988 Rotuma lewisi Springer, 1988 Genus Tyson Springer, 1983 Tyson belos Springer, 1983 Genus Xenisthmus Snyder, 1908 Xenisthmus africanus Smith, 1958 (the flathead wriggler or African wriggler) Xenisthmus balius Gill & Randall, 1994 Xenisthmus chi Gill & Hoese, 2004 Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale, 1906) Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004 Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger, 1871) (the ''bull's-eye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler'') is peach-coloured with a bull's-eye-like spot on its tail. Xenisthmus semicinctus Gill & Hoese, 2004

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