Xenisthmus
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Xenisthmus is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae
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It contains the following species:
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...
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It contains the following species:
- Xenisthmus africanusXenisthmus africanusXenisthmus africanus, also known as the flathead wriggler or African wriggler, is a species of fish in the Xenisthmidae family. It is found in the Indian Ocean, ranging from the coast of east Africa and to the islands in the western Indian Ocean. It has a flatter head than most other wrigglers....
Smith, 1958 (the flathead wriggler or African wriggler) - Xenisthmus baliusXenisthmus baliusXenisthmus balius is a species of fish in the Xenisthmidae family. It is found in the Persian Gulf....
Gill & Randall, 1994 - Xenisthmus chiXenisthmus chiXenisthmus chi is a species of fish in the wriggler family, Xenisthmidae. Japan wrigglers are tiny and clear. Before Paedocypris progenetica and the dwarf goby were discovered, the Japan wriggler was the smallest known fish....
Gill & Hoese, 2004 - Xenisthmus clarusXenisthmus clarusXenisthmus clarus is a species of fish in the Xenisthmidae family. It is found in the Western Pacific and the southern Pacific. It has also been reported from the waters around Samoa and American Samoa....
(Jordan & Seale, 1906) - Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004
- Xenisthmus polyzonatusXenisthmus polyzonatusXenisthmus polyzonatus is a species of fish in the Xenisthmidae family. It is found in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands....
(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
- Xenisthmus smithi (Menon & Talwar, 1973) (often listed as Kraemericus smithi)