Wormfish
| Wormfishes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Microdesmidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdesminae |
| Genera | |
Wormfishes were a subfamily, Microdesminae, which were formerly classified in the family Microdesmidae but are currently classified, with no intervening rank, in the family Gobiidae and the order Gobiiformes.[1]
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.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Microdesmidae" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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