Xenisthmus
Genus of fishes
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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]
| Xenisthmus | |
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| Xenisthmus clarus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Xenisthmus Snyder, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Xenisthmus proriger Snyder, 1908[1] | |
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Species
Xenisthmus contains the following species:[4]
- Xenisthmus africanus J. L. B. Smith, 1958[5] – flathead wriggler or African wriggler
- Xenisthmus balius A. C. 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]
