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'''''Nemateleotris exquisita''''' is a species of [[dartfish]] which was [[Species description|described]] in 2013 from specimens collected in the [[Red Sea]], off Mauritius and [[Kwa-Zulu Natal]], South Africa. Formerly, the [[elegant firefish]] (''Nemateleotris decora'') was thought to be found in the western Indian Ocean but ''N. exquisita'' was found to be larger, with a more slender body and longer snout, as well as the having a shorter first spine on the first [[dorsal fin]]. They also differ in colour with this species being yellow in the anterior part of the body and this colour extends further towards the tail than the analogous coloured area on ''N. decora''. A hybrid ''N. decora'' x ''esquisita'' is thought to have been photographed in the Maldives in 1988,<ref name = Randall>{{cite journal | author1 = John E. Randall | author2 = Allan D. Connell | year = 2013 | title = ''Nemateleotris exquisita'', a new microdesmid fish from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Microdesmidae) | url = http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf8b.pdf | journal = Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation | volume = 8 | pages = 18–29 | accessdate = 19 August 2018}}</ref> while the [[IUCN]] states that further taxonomic research is required to ascertain the validity of ''N. exquisita''.<ref name = IUCN>{{cite journal | author1 = Greenfield, D. | author2 = Munroe, T.A. | year= 2016 | title = ''Nemateleotris decora'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2016 | page = e.T69128478A69130388 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69128478A69130388.en }}</ref> |
The '''Natal dartfish''' ('''''Nemateleotris exquisita''')''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Natal Dartfish (Nemateleotris exquisita) |url=https://inaturalist.nz/taxa/871151-Nemateleotris-exquisita |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=iNaturalist NZ |language=en}}</ref> is a species of [[dartfish]] which was [[Species description|described]] in 2013 from specimens collected in the [[Red Sea]], off Mauritius and [[Kwa-Zulu Natal]], South Africa. Formerly, the [[elegant firefish]] (''Nemateleotris decora'') was thought to be found in the western Indian Ocean but ''N. exquisita'' was found to be larger, with a more slender body and longer snout, as well as the having a shorter first spine on the first [[dorsal fin]]. They also differ in colour with this species being yellow in the anterior part of the body and this colour extends further towards the tail than the analogous coloured area on ''N. decora''. A hybrid ''N. decora'' x ''esquisita'' is thought to have been photographed in the Maldives in 1988,<ref name = Randall>{{cite journal | author1 = John E. Randall | author2 = Allan D. Connell | year = 2013 | title = ''Nemateleotris exquisita'', a new microdesmid fish from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Microdesmidae) | url = http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf8b.pdf | journal = Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation | volume = 8 | pages = 18–29 | accessdate = 19 August 2018}}</ref> while the [[IUCN]] states that further taxonomic research is required to ascertain the validity of ''N. exquisita''.<ref name = IUCN>{{cite journal | author1 = Greenfield, D. | author2 = Munroe, T.A. | year= 2016 | title = ''Nemateleotris decora'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2016 | page = e.T69128478A69130388 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69128478A69130388.en }}</ref> |
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Nemateleotris exquisita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Nemateleotris |
Species: | N. exquisita
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Binomial name | |
Nemateleotris exquisita J. E. Randall & Connell, 2013
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The Natal dartfish (Nemateleotris exquisita)[1] is a species of dartfish which was described in 2013 from specimens collected in the Red Sea, off Mauritius and Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Formerly, the elegant firefish (Nemateleotris decora) was thought to be found in the western Indian Ocean but N. exquisita was found to be larger, with a more slender body and longer snout, as well as the having a shorter first spine on the first dorsal fin. They also differ in colour with this species being yellow in the anterior part of the body and this colour extends further towards the tail than the analogous coloured area on N. decora. A hybrid N. decora x esquisita is thought to have been photographed in the Maldives in 1988,[2] while the IUCN states that further taxonomic research is required to ascertain the validity of N. exquisita.[3]
References
- ^ "Natal Dartfish (Nemateleotris exquisita)". iNaturalist NZ. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ^ John E. Randall; Allan D. Connell (2013). "Nemateleotris exquisita, a new microdesmid fish from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Microdesmidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 8: 18–29. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Greenfield, D.; Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Nemateleotris decora". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69128478A69130388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69128478A69130388.en.