Nemateleotris

Nemateleotris
Elegant Firefish (N. decora)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Microdesmidae
Subfamily: Ptereleotrinae
Genus: Nemateleotris
Fowler, 1938
Type species
Nemateleotris magnifica
Fowler, 1938

Nemateleotris is a genus of dartfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Nemateleotris in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  2. 1 2 Randall, J.E. & Connell, A.D. (2013): Nemateleotris exquisita, a new microdesmid fish from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Microdesmidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 8: 18-29.
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