Microdesmidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Microdesmidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Microdesmidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Microdesmidae
The Microdesmidae, the wormfishes and dartfishes, were a family of goby-like fishes in the order Gobiiformes, more recent workers have placed this taxon within the Gobiidae, although the researchers do not define the taxonomic status of this grouping within that family. Two subfamilies in this family were briefly treated as full families - the Ptereleotrinae (dartfishes) and Microdesminae (wormfishes). The family includes about 82 species.
They are found in shallow tropical waters, both marine and brackish, often burrowing in estuarine mud. They are small fish, the largest species reaching only about 12 cm in length.
...Microdesmidae in languages:
- Czech
- hlaváčovcovití
- Danish
- Ormekutlinger
- English
- Wormfishes and Dartfishes
- English
- Dartfishes
- Japanese
- オオメワラスボ科
- Japanese
- クロユリハゼ科
- Portuguese
- Peixes-dardo
- Russian
- Микродесмовые
- Thai
- วงศ์ ปลาบู่ลูกดอก
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