Xenisthmus polyzonatus

Xenisthmus polyzonatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Xenisthmidae
Genus: Xenisthmus
Species: X. polyzonatus
Binomial name
Xenisthmus polyzonatus
(Klunzinger, 1871)

Xenisthmus polyzonatus (bull's-eye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler) is a species of fish in the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family. It is found in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands.[1]

It is peach-coloured with a bull's-eye-like spot on its tail.

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