Xenisthmus is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae, a part of Gobiiformes. 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 <small>J.L.B. Smith, 1958</small> â flathead wriggler or African wriggler
- Xenisthmus balius <small>Gill & Randall, 1994</small> â freckled wriggler
- Xenisthmus chapmani <small>(Schultz, 1966)</small>
- Xenisthmus chi <small>Gill & Hoese, 2004</small> â chi wriggler
- Xenisthmus clarus <small>(Jordan & Seale, 1906)</small> â clear wriggler
- Xenisthmus eirospilus <small>Gill & Hoese, 2004</small> â spotted wriggler
- Xenisthmus oligoporus <small>Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2017</small>
- Xenisthmus polyzonatus <small>(Klunzinger, 1871)</small> â bullseye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler
- Xenisthmus semicinctus <small>Gill & Hoese, 2004</small>
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