Xenisthmidae

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 <small>Schultz, 1966</small>

* Allomicrodesmus dorotheae <small>Schultz, 1966</small>

• Genus Gymnoxenisthmus <small>Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2014</small>

* Gymnoxenisthmus tigrellus <small>Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2014</small>

• Genus Kraemericus

* Kraemericus smithi <small>Menon & Talwar, 1972</small>

• Genus Paraxenisthmus <small>Gill & Hoese, 1993</small>

* Paraxenisthmus springeri <small>Gill & Hoese, 1993</small>

• Genus Rotuma <small>Springer, 1988</small>

* Rotuma lewisi <small>Springer, 1988</small>

• Genus Tyson <small>Springer, 1983</small>

* Tyson belos <small>Springer, 1983</small>

• Genus Xenisthmus <small>Snyder, 1908</small>

*Xenisthmus africanus <small>Smith, 1958</small> (the flathead wriggler or African wriggler)

*Xenisthmus balius <small>Gill & Randall, 1994</small>

*Xenisthmus chi <small>Gill & Hoese, 2004</small>

*Xenisthmus clarus <small>(Jordan & Seale, 1906)</small>

*Xenisthmus eirospilus <small>Gill & Hoese, 2004</small>

*Xenisthmus polyzonatus <small>(Klunzinger, 1871)</small> (the bull's-eye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler) is peach-coloured with a bull's-eye-like spot on its tail.

*Xenisthmus semicinctus <small>Gill & Hoese, 2004</small>

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