Collared wrigglers are
perciform
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fishes in the family Xenisthmidae. They are native to the
Indian
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Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
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* South Asia ...
and
Pacific
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Oceans, where they are mostly
reef
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-dwelling.
Species
The 10 species in 7 genera are:
* Genus ''Allomicrodesmus''
Schultz, 1966
:* ''
Allomicrodesmus dorotheae''
Schultz, 1966
* Genus ''Gymnoxenisthmus''
Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2014
:* ''
Gymnoxenisthmus tigrellus''
Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2014
* Genus ''Kraemericus''
:* ''
Kraemericus smithi''
Menon & Talwar, 1972
* Genus ''Paraxenisthmus''
Gill & Hoese, 1993
:* ''
Paraxenisthmus springeri''
Gill & Hoese, 1993
* Genus ''Rotuma''
Springer, 1988
:* ''
Rotuma lewisi''
Springer, 1988
* Genus ''Tyson''
Springer, 1983
:* ''
Tyson belos''
Springer, 1983
* Genus ''
Xenisthmus''
Snyder, 1908
:*''
Xenisthmus africanus''
Smith, 1958 (the ''flathead wriggler'' or ''African wriggler'')
:*''
Xenisthmus balius''
Gill & Randall, 1994
:*''
Xenisthmus chi''
Gill & Hoese, 2004
:*''
Xenisthmus clarus''
(Jordan & Seale, 1906)
:*''
Xenisthmus eirospilus''
Gill & Hoese, 2004
:*''
Xenisthmus polyzonatus''
(Klunzinger, 1871) (the ''bull's-eye wriggler'' or ''polyzonate wriggler'') is peach-coloured with a bull's-eye-like spot on its tail.
:*''
Xenisthmus semicinctus''
Gill & Hoese, 2004
References
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Gobiiformes