Dartfish
This article is about the goby-like fish. For the Swiss video solutions company, see Dartfish (company).
| 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.[1] 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.[1]
Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Microdesmidae" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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