Biology:Xenisthmus eirospilus

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Xenisthmus eirospilus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Xenisthmus
Species:
X. eirospilus
Binomial name
Xenisthmus eirospilus
Gill & Hoese, 2004

Xenisthmus eirospilus, the spotted wriggler, is a species of fish in the wriggler family, Xenisthmidae,[2] which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,.[3] It is distributed in the western Pacific from Middleton Reef and Ashmore Reef off Australia, West Papua, Indonesia, to Rotuma and Tonga. Its habitat is sand patches among reefs and rubble, as well as in shallow surge areas.[4]

References

  1. Greenfield, D.; Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Xenisthmus eirospilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69740861A69742734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69740861A69742734.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/69740861/69742734. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Gill, Anthony C.; Hoese, Douglass F. (2004). "Three New Australian Species of the Fish Genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)". Records of the Australian Museum 56 (2): 241–246. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1428. ISSN 0067-1975. http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17998/1428_complete.pdf. Retrieved 26 October 2012. 
  3. Nelson, JS; Grande, TC; Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817. 
  4. Dianne J. Bray. "Xenisthmus eirospilus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1213. 

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