Xenisthmidae

Taxobox
name = Wrigglers
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Xenisthmidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Allomicrodesmus" "Kraemericus" "Paraxenisthmus" "Rotuma" "Tyson" "Xenisthmus" See text for species.

Wrigglers are perciform fishes in the family Xenisthmidae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, where they are mostly reef-dwelling.

pecies

There are nine species in six genera:
* Genus "Allomicrodesmus"
** Dorothea's wriggler, "Allomicrodesmus dorotheae" Schultz, 1966.
* Genus "Kraemericus"
** "Kraemericus smithi" Menon & Talwar, 1972.
* Genus "Paraxenisthmus"
** "Paraxenisthmus springeri" (nil).
* Genus "Rotuma"
** "Rotuma lewisi" Springer, 1988.
* Genus "Tyson"
** "Tyson belos" Springer, 1983.
* Genus "Xenisthmus"
** Flathead wriggler, "Xenisthmus africanus" Smith, 1958.
** "Xenisthmus balius" Gill & Randall, 1994.
** "Xenisthmus clarus" (Jordan & Seale, 1906).
** Bullseye wriggler, "Xenisthmus polyzonatus" (Klunzinger, 1871).

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