Xenisthmus nigrolateralis

Xenisthmus nigrolateralis Chen, Harefa, Jiang & Chang, 2022

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Xenisthmidae (Collared wrigglers)
Etymology: Xenisthmus: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, isthmos = throat, narrow passage (Ref. 45335); nigrolateralis: Name from Latin 'nigrolateralis', combination of 'niger' or deep black and 'lateralis' for broad stripe, referring to the unique lateral colouration pattern.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 5 - 10 m (Ref. 127452). Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127452)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 13. The species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D2 I,13; A I,13; pectoral fin rays16; longitudinal scale series 68-70; perdorsal scales 23; vertebral count 10 + 16 = 26; preopercular canal with rather more, 5 pores ?1, ?, ?, ?, and ?1, Colouration: lateral side of trunk with a broad, deep brown stripe from the rear of lateral gill opening to caudal fin base; dorsal profile of the lateral, broad deep brown stripe with waving margin; caudal with median blackish brown mark, and with outer region translucent; caudal fin base with a vertical black bar (Ref. 127452).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected from sandy bottom (Ref. 127452).

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Chen, I.-S., T. Harefa, G.-C. Jiang and C.-W. Chang, 2022. A new wriggler of eleotrid (Teleostei: Xenisthmidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):13-17. (Ref. 127452)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 21 March 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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