Xenisthmus Explained

Xenisthmus is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,^[1] a part of Gobiiformes.^[2] 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^[3] – flathead wriggler or African wriggler
• Xenisthmus balius Gill & Randall, 1994^[4] – freckled wriggler
• Xenisthmus chapmani (Schultz, 1966)
• Xenisthmus chi Gill & Hoese, 2004^[2] – chi wriggler
• Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)^[5] – clear wriggler
• Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004^[2] – spotted wriggler
• Xenisthmus oligoporus Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2017
• Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger, 1871) – bullseye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler
• Xenisthmus semicinctus Gill & Hoese, 2004^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Nelson, JS . Grande, TC . Wilson, MVH . amp . 2016 . Fishes of the World . 5 . John Wiley & Sons . 328–329 . 978-1119220817.
2. Gill. Anthony C.. Hoese. Douglass F. . 2004. Three New Australian Species of the Fish Genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae) . Records of the Australian Museum . 56. 2. 241–246. The Australian Museum . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1428. 0067-1975 . 26 October 2012.
3. 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. 137–163. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. 10962/d1018772 .
4. 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. 445–450. Biological Society of Washington .
5. 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.