Dartfish

The dartfishes were formerly classified as the subfamily Ptereleotrinae of the wormfishes, Microdesmidae, but this classification made Microdesmidae polyphyletic, hence the elevation to a family within the suborder Gobioidei.

Species

• Genus Aioliops
• Aioliops brachypterus Rennis & Hoese, 1987.
• Aioliops megastigma Rennis & Hoese, 1987.
• Aioliops novaeguineae Rennis & Hoese, 1987.
• Aioliops tetrophthalmus Rennis & Hoese, 1987.
• Genus Nemateleotris
• Elegant firefish, Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen, 1973.
• Helfrichs' dartfish, Nemateleotris helfrichi Randall & Allen, 1973.
• Fire goby, Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938.
• Genus Oxymetopon
• Oxymetopon compressus Chan, 1966.
• Blue-barred ribbon goby, Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé, 1981.
• Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967.
• Oxymetopon formosum (Smith, 1931).
• Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861.
• Genus Parioglossus
• Parioglossus aporos Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
• Parioglossus dotui Tomiyama, 1958.
• Beautiful hover goby, Parioglossus formosus (Smith, 1931).
• Parioglossus galzini Williams & Lecchini, 2004.
• Parioglossus interruptus Suzuki & Senou, 1994.
• Lined hover goby, Parioglossus lineatus Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
• Dart goby, Parioglossus marginalis Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
• Parioglossus multiradiatus Keith, Bosc & Valade, 2004.
• Parioglossus neocaledonicus Dingerkus & Séret, 1992.
• Naked hover goby, Parioglossus nudus Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
• Borneo hoverer, Parioglossus palustris (Herre, 1945).
• Philippine dartfish, Parioglossus philippinus (Herre, 1945).
• Rainford's dartfish, Parioglossus rainfordi McCulloch, 1921.
• Rao's hover goby, Parioglossus raoi (Herre, 1939).
• Parioglossus sinensis Zhong, 1994.
• Taeniatus dartfish, Parioglossus taeniatus Regan, 1912.
• Parioglossus triquetrus Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
• Vertical hover goby, Parioglossus verticalis Rennis & Hoese, 1985.
• Genus Ptereleotris
• Ptereleotris arabica Randall & Hoese, 1985.
• Blue goby, Ptereleotris calliura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
• Panamic dartfish, Ptereleotris carinata Bussing, 2001.
• Blackfin dartfish, Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925).
• Lined dartfish, Ptereleotris grammica Randall & Lubbock, 1982.
• Blue hana goby, Ptereleotris hanae (Jordan & Snyder, 1901).
• Hovering goby, Ptereleotris helenae (Randall, 1967).
• Blacktail goby, Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1855).
• Sad glider, Ptereleotris lineopinnis (Fowler, 1935).
• Ptereleotris melanopogon Randall & Hoese, 1985.
• Blue gudgeon, Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856).
• Ptereleotris monoptera Randall & Hoese, 1985.
• Ptereleotris randalli Gasparini, Rocha & Floeter, 2001.
• Flagtail dartfish, Ptereleotris uroditaenia Randall & Hoese, 1985.
• Chinese zebra goby, Ptereleotris zebra (Fowler, 1938).

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