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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Xenisthmidae (Collared wrigglers)
Etymology: Xenisthmus: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, isthmos = throat, narrow passage (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Gill & Randall.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 17 m (Ref. 12713). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Gulf (Saudi Arabia) and the Red Sea (Eritrea, Egypt and Saudi Arabia).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12713); 3.1 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D VI + I,13 (rarely I,14); anterior rim of posterior nostril raised, without well-developed flap; mainly cycloid on body; head and body pale, with reticulate mottling dorsally (Ref. 115539).

Found on sand and rubble with small patches of mostly dead coral or at the base of a drop-off.

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Gill, A.C. and J.E. Randall, 1994. Xenisthmus balius, a new species of fish from the Persian Gulf (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 107(3):445-450. (Ref. 12713)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 November 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Xenisthmus balius Gill & Randall, 1994