Clear Wriggler, Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale 1906)


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Clear Wriggler, Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale 1906)

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Distribution

Recorded in Australia from Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°15'S) and One Tree Island, QLD (23°30'S); also at Cocos (Keeling) Island, Indian Ocean. Elsewhere in the tropical, west-central Pacific. Inhabits sandy bottoms in intertidal and coral reef areas.

Species Citation

Hetereleotris clara Jordan & Seale, 1906, Bull. Bur. Fish. (U.S.) for 1905 25: 392, pl. 36(2). Type locality: Pago Pago, Samoa.

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Clear Wriggler, Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale 1906)

References


Allen,G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91

Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21

Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 2006. Family Gobiidae. pp. 1612-1697 in Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp.

Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1906. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1905 25: 173-455 figs 1-111 pls 33-53

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2

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CAAB Code:37429045

Depth:0-40 m

Habitat:Reef associated

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