Xenisthmidae

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title: "Xenisthmidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["xenisthmidae", "gobiiformes"] description: "Family of fishes" topic_path: "general/xenisthmidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenisthmidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of fishes ::

| name = Collared wrigglers | image = Allomicrodesmus dorotheae.jpg | image_caption = Allomicrodesmus dorotheae | taxon = Xenisthmidae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision =

• Allomicrodesmus
• Gymnoxenisthmus
• Kraemericus
• Paraxenisthmus
• Rotuma
• Tyson
• Xenisthmus

Collared wrigglers are perciform fishes in the family Xenisthmidae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, where they are mostly reef-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 Xenisthmus Snyder, 1908 :Xenisthmus africanus* Smith, 1958 (the flathead wriggler or African wriggler) :Xenisthmus balius* Gill & Randall, 1994 :Xenisthmus chi* Gill & Hoese, 2004 :Xenisthmus clarus* (Jordan & Seale, 1906) :Xenisthmus eirospilus* Gill & Hoese, 2004 :Xenisthmus polyzonatus* (Klunzinger, 1871) (the bull's-eye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler) is peach-coloured with a bull's-eye-like spot on its tail. :**Xenisthmus semicinctus* Gill & Hoese, 2004

References

References

1. Schultz, L.P.. (1966). "Order Percomorphida. Suborder Gobiina. Superfamily Gobioidea.". United States National Museum Bulletin.
2. Gill, A.C.. (2014). "''Gymnoxenisthmus tigrellus'', new genus and species of gobioid fish from the Red Sea (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)". Zootaxa.
3. (1993). "''Paraxenisthmus springeri'', New Genus and Species of Gobioid Fish from the West Pacific, and Its Phylogenetic Position within the Xenisthmidae". Copeia.
4. Springer, V.G.. (1988). "''Rotuma lewisi'', new genus and species of fish from the southwest Pacific (Gobioidei, Xenisthmidae)". Biological Society of Washington.
5. Springer, V.G.. (1983). "''Tyson belos'', New Genus and Species of Western Pacific Fish (Gobiidae, Xenisthminae) : With Discussions of Gobioid Osteology and Classification". Smithsonian Institution Press.
6. Smith, J.L.B.. (1958). "The fishes of the family Eleotridae in the western Indian Ocean". J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology.
7. (1994). "''Xenisthmus balius'', a new species of fish from the Persian Gulf (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)". Biological Society of Washington.
8. (2004). "Three New Australian Species of the Fish Genus ''Xenisthmus'' (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)". The Australian Museum.
9. (1994). "he 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.

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