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Dartfishes
Blue gudgeon, Ptereleotris microlepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Ptereleotridae
Genera
Aioliops Nemateleotris Oxymetopon Parioglossus Ptereleotris See text for species.

Dartfishes are a family, Ptereleotridae, of goby-like fishes in the order Perciformes.

The dartfishes were formerly classified as the subfamily Ptereleotrinae of the wormfishes, Microdesmidae, but this classification made Microdesmidae polyphyletic, hence the elevation to a family within the suborder Gobioidei.

Species

FishBase lists 45 species in five genera:

• Genus Aioliops
  • Aioliops brachypterus Rennis & Hoese, 1987.
  • Aioliops megastigma Rennis & Hoese, 1987.
  • Aioliops novaeguineae Rennis & Hoese, 1987.
  • Aioliops tetrophthalmus Rennis & Hoese, 1987.
• Genus Nemateleotris
  • Elegant firefish, Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen, 1973.
  • Helfrichs' dartfish, Nemateleotris helfrichi Randall & Allen, 1973.
  • Fire goby, Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938.
• Genus Oxymetopon
  • Oxymetopon compressus Chan, 1966.
  • Blue-barred ribbon goby, Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé, 1981.
  • Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967.
  • Oxymetopon formosum (Smith, 1931).
  • Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861.
• Genus Parioglossus
  • Parioglossus aporos Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
  • Parioglossus dotui Tomiyama, 1958.
  • Beautiful hover goby, Parioglossus formosus (Smith, 1931).
  • Parioglossus galzini Williams & Lecchini, 2004.
  • Parioglossus interruptus Suzuki & Senou, 1994.
  • Lined hover goby, Parioglossus lineatus Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
  • Dart goby, Parioglossus marginalis Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
  • Parioglossus multiradiatus Keith, Bosc & Valade, 2004.
  • Parioglossus neocaledonicus Dingerkus & Séret, 1992.
  • Naked hover goby, Parioglossus nudus Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
  • Borneo hoverer, Parioglossus palustris (Herre, 1945).
  • Philippine dartfish, Parioglossus philippinus (Herre, 1945).
  • Rainford's dartfish, Parioglossus rainfordi McCulloch, 1921.
  • Rao's hover goby, Parioglossus raoi (Herre, 1939).
  • Parioglossus sinensis Zhong, 1994.
  • Taeniatus dartfish, Parioglossus taeniatus Regan, 1912.
  • Parioglossus triquetrus Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
  • Vertical hover goby, Parioglossus verticalis Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
• Genus Ptereleotris
  • Ptereleotris arabica Randall & Hoese, 1985.
  • Blue goby, Ptereleotris calliura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
  • Panamic dartfish, Ptereleotris carinata Bussing, 2001.
  • Blackfin dartfish, Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925).
  • Lined dartfish, Ptereleotris grammica Randall & Lubbock, 1982.
  • Blue hana goby, Ptereleotris hanae (Jordan & Snyder, 1901).
  • Hovering goby, Ptereleotris helenae (Randall, 1967).
  • Blacktail goby, Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1855).
  • Sad glider, Ptereleotris lineopinnis (Fowler, 1935).
  • Ptereleotris melanopogon Randall & Hoese, 1985.
  • Blue gudgeon, Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856).
  • Ptereleotris monoptera Randall & Hoese, 1985.
  • Ptereleotris randalli Gasparini, Rocha & Floeter, 2001.
  • Flagtail dartfish, Ptereleotris uroditaenia Randall & Hoese, 1985.
  • Chinese zebra goby, Ptereleotris zebra (Fowler, 1938).

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1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Ptereleotridae". FishBase. March 2006 version.
2. C. Thacker (2000). "Phylogeny of the Wormfishes (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Microdesmidae)". Copeia. 2000 (4): 940–957.