Nemateleotris

Genus of fishes

Nemateleotris
Elegant Firefish (N. decora)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Nemateleotris
Fowler, 1938
Type species
Nemateleotris magnifica
Fowler, 1938

Nemateleotris is a genus of dartfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Nemateleotris decora J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1973 (Elegant firefish)
  • Nemateleotris exquisita J. E. Randall & Connell, 2013[2]
  • Nemateleotris helfrichi J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1973 (Helfrichs' dartfish)
  • Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938 (Fire goby)
  • Nemateleotris lavandula Yi-Kai Tea & Helen K. Larson, 2023 (Lavender-blushed dartfish)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Nemateleotris in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b Randall, J.E. & Connell, A.D. (2013): Nemateleotris exquisita, a new microdesmid fish from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Microdesmidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 8: 18-29.
Taxon identifiers
Nemateleotris
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