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| Dartfishes | |
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| Nemateleotris magnifica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Microdesmidae |
| Subfamily: | Ptereleotrinae |
| Genera | |
Dartfishes are a subfamily, Ptereleotrinae, of goby-like fishes in the family Microdesmidae of the order Perciformes. They are saltwater fish.
The dartfishes were briefly raised to family status, but have now been re-incorporated into the family Microdesmidae as a subfamily.
Species
As of August 2013, FishBase lists 53 species in five genera. These include:
- 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).
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Microdesmidae". FishBase. December 2013 version.