Dorothea's wriggler

Dorothea's wriggler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Xenisthmidae
Genus: Allomicrodesmus
Species: A. dorotheae
Binomial name
Allomicrodesmus dorotheae
Schultz, 1966

Dorothea’s wriggler, Allomicrodesmus dorotheae, is a species of fish in the monotypic genus Allomicrodesmus of the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family. It is 5 cm (2 in) in length.[1]

References

  1. Schultz, L.P. (1966). Schultz, L.P.; Woods, L.P.; Lachner, E.A., eds. Order Percomorphida. Suborder Gobiina. Superfamily Gobioidea. (Print). In Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. 3. Families Kraemeridae through Antennariidae. United States: United States National Museum Bulletin. pp. 1–176.


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