Xenisthmus eirospilus
| Xenisthmus eirospilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Xenisthmus |
| Species: | X. eirospilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenisthmus eirospilus & , 2004
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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[]
- ^ 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Gill, Anthony C.; Hoese, Douglass F. (2004). "Three New Australian Species of the Fish Genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 56 (2): 241–246. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1428. ISSN 0067-1975. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Xenisthmus eirospilus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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