Wormfish

Wormfishes
Microdesmus carri, Larval (Wormfish).jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Microdesminae
Genera

Wormfishes were a subfamily, Microdesminae, which are formerly classified in the family Microdesmidae and are also currently classified, with no intervening rank, in the family Gobiidae and the order Gobiiformes.[1][2]

They are found in shallow tropical waters, both marine and brackish, often burrowing in estuarine mud. They are small fishes, the largest species reaching only about 12 cm in length.[3]

References

  1. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  2. ^ Freihofer, Warren; Parenti, Lynne. "Perciform". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Microdesmidae". FishBase. December 2013 version.