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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Microdesmidae Wormfishes
Subfamily: Ptereleotrinae
Genus: Parioglossus

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21 species (see list below)

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Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 3.1 cm TL
 
Parioglossus aporos
[Poreless dartfish]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
 
Parioglossus caeruleolineatus
[]

Photo by Shiina, M.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4 cm SL
Parioglossus dotui Tomiyama, 1958

Photo by Shiina, M.
 
Parioglossus dotui
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Parioglossus formosus (Smith, 1931)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Parioglossus formosus
[Beautiful hover goby]

Photo by Williams, J.T.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.4 cm SL
Parioglossus galzini Williams & Lecchini, 2004

Photo by Williams, J.T.
 
Parioglossus galzini
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm SL
 
Parioglossus interruptus
[Interrupted dartfish]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Parioglossus lineatus
[Lined hover goby]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific.
Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
 
Parioglossus marginalis
[]

Photo by Keith, P.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Parioglossus multiradiatus Keith, Bosc & Valade, 2004

Photo by Keith, P.
 
Parioglossus multiradiatus
[]

Photo by IRD/C. Ledru

Western Pacific.

Parioglossus neocaledonicus Dingerkus & Séret, 1992

Photo by IRD/C. Ledru
 
Parioglossus neocaledonicus
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm SL
Parioglossus nudus Rennis & Hoese, 1985

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Parioglossus nudus
[Naked hover goby]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Parioglossus palustris (Herre, 1945)

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Parioglossus palustris
[Borneo hoverer]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Parioglossus philippinus (Herre, 1945)

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Parioglossus philippinus
[Philippine dartfish]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Western Pacific

Parioglossus rainfordi McCulloch, 1921

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Parioglossus rainfordi
[Rainford's dartfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Parioglossus raoi (Herre, 1939)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Parioglossus raoi
[Rao's hover goby]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.3 cm SL
 
Parioglossus senoui
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Parioglossus sinensis
[]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Indo-West Pacific

Parioglossus taeniatus Regan, 1912

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Parioglossus taeniatus
[Taeniatus dartfish]
No picture found
Western Pacific Ocean
 
Parioglossus triquetrus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Parioglossus verticalis
[Vertical hover goby]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Parioglossus winterbottomi
[]
21 Species of Family Microdesmidae with Genus Parioglossus
(Wormfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1985 Parioglossus aporos Poreless dartfish Pacific Ocean. 3.1 TL
2010 Parioglossus caeruleolineatus Northwest Pacific 2.7 SL
1958 Parioglossus dotui Western Pacific 4 SL
1931 Parioglossus formosus Beautiful hover goby Western Pacific 4.5 SL
2004 Parioglossus galzini Eastern Central Pacific 2.4 SL
1994 Parioglossus interruptus Interrupted dartfish Western Pacific 2.5 SL
1985 Parioglossus lineatus Lined hover goby Western Central Pacific
1985 Parioglossus marginalis Southwest Pacific. 3.3 SL
2004 Parioglossus multiradiatus Western Indian Ocean 3.5 SL
1992 Parioglossus neocaledonicus Western Pacific.
1985 Parioglossus nudus Naked hover goby Western Central Pacific 2 SL
1945 Parioglossus palustris Borneo hoverer Western Pacific 2.8 SL
1945 Parioglossus philippinus Philippine dartfish Indo-West Pacific. 3.5 SL
1921 Parioglossus rainfordi Rainford's dartfish Western Pacific
1939 Parioglossus raoi Rao's hover goby Indo-West Pacific 3.5 SL
2010 Parioglossus senoui Western Pacific 2.3 SL
1994 Parioglossus sinensis Northwest Pacific
1912 Parioglossus taeniatus Taeniatus dartfish Indo-West Pacific
1985 Parioglossus triquetrus Western Pacific Ocean
1985 Parioglossus verticalis Vertical hover goby Western Central Pacific
2010 Parioglossus winterbottomi Eastern Indian Ocean



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