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Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004

Spotted wriggler
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Solomon Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from Santa Cruz Islands, Reef Islands, Lomlom Island, steep vertical wall at Nialo Point on east side of Forrest Passage (Ref. 59014).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/solomons/solomons.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gill, A.C. and D.F. Hoese, 2004
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Xenisthmidae (Collared wrigglers)
Etymology: Xenisthmus: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, isthmos = throat, narrow passage (Ref. 45335);  eirospilus: Name from the Greek 'eiro' meaning to join in lines or string together, and 'spilos' for spot or fleck, refers to the prominent pattern of closely spaced dark spots on the mid-side; noun in apposition..
  More on authors: Gill & Hoese.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 35 m (Ref. 59014), usually 0 - 10 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical

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