Nemateleotris

Nemateleotris
Elegant Firefish (N. decora)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Nemateleotris Fowler, 1938
Type species
Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938

Nemateleotris is a genus of dartfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

• Nemateleotris decora J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1973 (Elegant firefish)
• Nemateleotris exquisita J. E. Randall & Connell, 2013[2]
• Nemateleotris helfrichi J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1973 (Helfrichs' dartfish)
• Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938 (Fire goby)
• Nemateleotris lavandula Yi-Kai Tea & Helen K. Larson, 2023 (Lavender-blushed dartfish)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nemateleotris". FishBase. December 2013 version.
2. Randall, J.E. & Connell, A.D. (2013): Nemateleotris exquisita, a new microdesmid fish from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Microdesmidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 8: 18-29.