Species Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004

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• Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill, A.C. & Hoese, D.F. 2004. Three new Australian species of the fish genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae). Records of the Australian Museum 56: 241-246 [243, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.27149-041, Elizabeth Reef, NSW [29°54'S, 159°02'48"E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.27134-034; AM I.33739-081; BMNH 2003.1.22.9; BPBM 39134; ROM 73524; USNM 283132; USNM 338561; USNM 352587.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Xenisthmus sp. nov. —
  Gill, A.C. & Reader, S.E. 1992. Fishes. pp. 90-93, 193-228 in Hutchings, P. (ed.). Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific. Canberra : Australian National Parks Vol. 3, Kowari 230 pp. [224]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Ashmore Reef, Coral Sea (10°09'S), and Middleton (29°27'S) and Elizabeth (29°55'S) reefs, NSW; tropical, southern Oceania (New Guinea, and east to Samoa).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Cape Province (20)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

 

General References

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. & Reader, S.E. 1992. Fishes. pp. 90-93, 193-228 in Hutchings, P. (ed.). Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific. Canberra : Australian National Parks Vol. 3, Kowari 230 pp. [224] (as Xenisthmus sp. nov)

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]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spotted 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] (Spotted 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