Arrow wriggler
| Arrow wriggler | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Tyson |
| Genus: | Tyson Springer, 1983 |
| Species: | T. belos[2] |
| Binomial name | |
| Tyson belos[2] Springer, 1983 | |
The arrow wriggler (Tyson belos), also known as Tyson's wriggler, is a species of fish that wriggles around to move like other wrigglers. [3] It was discovered in 1983. The fish can be found across the West Pacific Ocean, in places like Flores in Indonesia, the Trobriand Islands, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji. It lives 10 to 30 meters (33 to 98 feet) underwater.[1]
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
[change | change source]It is part of the monotypic genus Tyson, which was named after American ichthyologist Tyson R. Roberts.[3] Tyson is part of the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family, which is regarded as the same as the Eleotridae family. [4] The specific epithet belos means "arrow" in Greek.
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 Greenfield, D.; Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Tyson belos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69740574A69742719. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69740574A69742719.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- 1 2 Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.). "Tyson belos". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- 1 2 Springer, V. G. (1983). "Tyson belos, New Genus and Species of Western Pacific Fish (Gobiidae, Xenisthminae) : With Discussions of Gobioid Osteology and Classification" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 390 (390): 1–40. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.390. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ↑ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
