Species Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger, 1871)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Eleotris polyzonatus Klunzinger, C.B. 1871. Synopsis der Fische des Rothern Meeres. 2. Theil. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 441-688 [482].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 8018, Koseir, Red Sea.

 

Generic Combinations

• Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger, 1871). —
  Smith, J.L.B. 1958. The fishes of the family Eleotridae in the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 11: 137-163 figs 1-17 pls 1-3 [153]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Gunnellichthys irideus Smith, 1958 [Australian records of this species are based on misidentification (see Hoese 2006)]. —
  Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91 [89]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Scott Reef, WA (13°54'S), Ashmore Reef (12°15'S) to Cartier Reef (12°33'S), Timor Sea, and Ashmore Reef, Coral Sea (10°09'S) to southern Great Barrier Reef (21°42'S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific (east to Tonga).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, sand bottom marine.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91 (as Gunnellichthys irideus)

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [858]

Gill, A.C., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. 2017. Review of Red Sea Xenisthmus Snyder (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4286(2): 203-214 [212] (suggested that Western Pacific form is probably a different species)

Hoese, D.F. 2006. Xenisthmidae. pp. 1699-1701 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1701]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [561]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [390]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [390]

 

Common Name References

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls. [261] (Barred Wriggler)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [390] (Bullseye Wriggler)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bullseye Wriggler)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [59] (Bullseye Wriggler)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	01-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	14-May-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED