Xenisthmus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Xenisthmidae		Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes Rank Genus
Similar Callogobius, Priolepis, Spinycheek sleepers, Eviota, Eleotridae

Xenisthmus is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae.

It contains the following species:

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

Xenisthmus smithi (Menon & Talwar, 1973) (often listed as Kraemericus smithi)

References

Xenisthmus Wikipedia

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