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Xenisthmus chi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Xenisthmus
Species:	X. chi
Binomial name
Xenisthmus chi Gill & Hoese, 2004

Xenisthmus chi (Japan wriggler, chi xenisthmid) is a species of fish in the wriggler family, Xenisthmidae, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,. Japan wrigglers are tiny and clear. Before Paedocypris progenetica and the dwarf goby (Pandaka pygmaea) were discovered, the Japan wriggler was the smallest known fish.

Distribution

Southwest Pacific.

References

1. Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 1119220815.
2. ^ Gill, Anthony C.; Hoese, Douglass F. (2004). "Three New Australian Species of the Fish Genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 56. The Australian Museum: 241–246. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1428. ISSN 0067-1975. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

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