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Dartfishes
Nemateleotris magnifica
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. They are saltwater fish.

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:

References

  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. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0940:POTWTG]2.0.CO;2. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |doilabel= ignored (help)
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