Xenisthmus

Xenisthmus
Xenisthmus clarus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Xenisthmus Snyder, 1908
Type species
Xenisthmus proriger Snyder, 1908[1]
Synonyms
Gignimentum Whitley, 1933 Kraemericus Schultz, 1966 Luzoneleotris Herre, 1938 Platycephalops J.L.B. Smith, 1957

Xenisthmus is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,[2] a part of Gobiiformes.[3] These small to very small fish are known as wrigglers, and live in reefs and among rubble in the Indo-Pacific.[4]

Species

Xenisthmus contains the following species:[4]

• Xenisthmus africanus J.L.B. Smith, 1958[5] – flathead wriggler or African wriggler
• Xenisthmus balius Gill & Randall, 1994[6] – freckled wriggler
• Xenisthmus chapmani (Schultz, 1966)
• Xenisthmus chi Gill & Hoese, 2004[3] – chi wriggler
• Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)[7] – clear wriggler
• Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004[3] – spotted wriggler
• Xenisthmus oligoporus Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2017
• Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger, 1871) – bullseye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler
• Xenisthmus semicinctus Gill & Hoese, 2004[3]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Xenisthmus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
2. Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
3. 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.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Xenisthmus". FishBase. July 2017 version.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Jordan, D.S.; Seale, A. (1994). "The 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.