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Xenisthmidae
Collared wrigglers are perciform fishes in the family Xenisthmidae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, where they are mostly reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic component, abiotic (non-living) processes such as deposition (geol ...-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 '' Xenisthmu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotuma Lewisi
''Rotuma lewisi'', or Lewis's wriggler, is a species of fish in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae. ''Rotuma'' is a monotypic genus. The generic name refers to the volcanic island of Rotuma, north of Fiji while the specific name honours Anthony D. Lewis, a Fisheries Officer of the Government of Fiji who supported Springer's field work in Fiji. It has been recorded from Fiji, Tonga, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Comoros Islands, and the Chesterfield Islands. Distribution Southwest Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont .... References Xenisthmidae Eleotridae Fish described in 1988 {{Eleotridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraemericus
''Xenisthmus'' is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae, a part of Gobiiformes. These small to very small fish are known as wrigglers, and live in reefs and among rubble in the Indo-Pacific. Species ''Xenisthmus'' contains the following species: *'' Xenisthmus africanus'' J.L.B. Smith, 1958 – ''flathead wriggler'' or ''African wriggler'' *'' Xenisthmus balius'' Gill & Randall, 1994 – freckled wriggler *'' Xenisthmus chapmani'' ( Schultz, 1966) *'' Xenisthmus chi'' Gill & Hoese, 2004 – chi wriggler *'' Xenisthmus clarus'' (Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ... & Seale, 1906) – clear wriggler *'' Xenisthmus eirospilus'' Gill & Hoese, 2004 – spotted wriggler *'' Xenisthmus oligopor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotuma (fish)
''Rotuma lewisi'', or Lewis's wriggler, is a species of fish in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae. ''Rotuma'' is a monotypic genus. The generic name refers to the volcanic island of Rotuma, north of Fiji while the specific name honours Anthony D. Lewis, a Fisheries Officer of the Government of Fiji who supported Springer's field work in Fiji. It has been recorded from Fiji, Tonga, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Comoros Islands, and the Chesterfield Islands. Distribution Southwest Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont .... References Xenisthmidae Eleotridae Fish described in 1988 {{Eleotridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenisthmus
''Xenisthmus'' is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae, a part of Gobiiformes. These small to very small fish are known as wrigglers, and live in reefs and among rubble in the Indo-Pacific. Species ''Xenisthmus'' contains the following species: *'' Xenisthmus africanus'' J.L.B. Smith, 1958 – ''flathead wriggler'' or ''African wriggler'' *'' Xenisthmus balius'' Gill & Randall, 1994 – freckled wriggler *'' Xenisthmus chapmani'' ( Schultz, 1966) *'' Xenisthmus chi'' Gill & Hoese, 2004 – chi wriggler *'' Xenisthmus clarus'' (Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ... & Seale, 1906) – clear wriggler *'' Xenisthmus eirospilus'' Gill & Hoese, 2004 – spotted wriggler *'' Xenisthmus oligopor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenisthmus Semicinctus
''Xenisthmus semicinctus'', the halfbelt wriggler, is a species of fish in the wriggler family, Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,. Distribution Rowley Shoals, Timor Sea The Timor Sea (, , or ) is a relatively shallow sea in the Indian Ocean bounded to the north by the island of Timor with Timor-Leste to the north, Indonesia to the northwest, Arafura Sea to the east, and to the south by Australia. The Sunda Tr .... References semicinctus Fish described in 2004 {{Eleotridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenisthmus Eirospilus
''Xenisthmus eirospilus'', the spotted wriggler, is a species of fish in the wriggler family, Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,. It is distributed in the western Pacific from Middleton Reef and Ashmore Reef off Australia, West Papua, Indonesia, to Rotuma Rotuma () is a self-governing heptarchy, generally designated a Local government in Fiji, dependency of Fiji. Rotuma commonly refers to the Rotuma Island, the only permanently inhabited and by far the largest of all the islands in the Rotuma Gro ... and Tonga. Its habitat is sand patches among reefs and rubble, as well as in shallow surge areas. References eirospilus Fauna of Melanesia Fish described in 2004 {{Eleotridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenisthmus Chi
''Xenisthmus chi'' (Japan wriggler, chi xenisthmid) is a species of fish in the wriggler family, Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,. Japan wrigglers are tiny and clear. Before ''Paedocypris progenetica'' and the dwarf goby (''Pandaka pygmaea'') were discovered, the Japan wriggler was the smallest known fish. Distribution Southwest Pacific. References chi __NOTOC__ Chi may refer to: __NOTOC__ Greek *Chi (letter) (Χ or χ), the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet Chinese * ''Chi'' (length) (尺), a traditional unit of length, about ⅓ meter *Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon * Chi (surname) ... Fish described in 2004 {{Eleotridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenisthmus Balius
''Xenisthmus balius'' is a species of fish in the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,. It is found in the Persian Gulf. References balius Balius (; Ancient Greek: Βάλιος, ''Balios'', possibly "dappled") and Xanthus (; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος, ''Xanthos'', "blonde") were, according to Greek mythology, two immortal horses, the offspring of the harpy Podarge and the West ... Fish described in 1994 Fish of the Persian Gulf {{Eleotridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyson Belos
The arrow wriggler (''Tyson belos''), also known as Tyson's wriggler, is a species of fish in the monotypic genus ''Tyson'' of the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae, Tyson's wriggler was discovered in 1983. It moves by wriggling, like other wrigglers. The genus is named for American ichthyologist Tyson R. Roberts; the specific epithet ''belos'' is Greek for "arrow". The arrow wriggler has been recorded from scattered localities in the West Pacific Ocean including Flores in Indonesia, the Trobriand Islands, the Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, ..., the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. It is found at depths ranging from is . References Xenisthmidae Eleotridae Fish described in 1983 Taxa na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allomicrodesmus
Dorothea's wriggler, ''Allomicrodesmus dorotheae'', is a species of fish in the monotypic genus ''Allomicrodesmus'' which is regarded by some authorities as being in the family Xenisthmidae, the wriggler family, but in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World this is treated as a synonym of the family Eleotridae, sleeper gobies. It is in length. It is known from just two specimens, one from the Great Barrier Reef and the other from the Marshall Islands. It has been collected from a depth of around in a channel in a reef. The specific name honours Dorothea Bowers Schultz, the wife of Leonard Peter Schultz Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Schultz was born in 1901, at Albion, Michigan. He received education on ichthyology at Albion College, in which he got his bachelor's degree, in 1924. In 1926, he got ..., who illustrated the monograph in which this species is described, although not this species. References Xenisthmidae Eleot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyson (fish)
The arrow wriggler (''Tyson belos''), also known as Tyson's wriggler, is a species of fish in the monotypic genus ''Tyson'' of the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae, Tyson's wriggler was discovered in 1983. It moves by wriggling, like other wrigglers. The genus is named for American ichthyologist Tyson R. Roberts; the specific epithet ''belos'' is Greek for "arrow". The arrow wriggler has been recorded from scattered localities in the West Pacific Ocean including Flores in Indonesia, the Trobriand Islands, the Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, ..., the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. It is found at depths ranging from is . References Xenisthmidae Eleotridae Fish described in 1983 Taxa na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |