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Xenisthmus

Xenisthmus is the most well-known genus in the family Xenisthmidae.

It contains the following species:

  • Xenisthmus africanus Smith, 1958 (the flathead wriggler or African wriggler)
  • Xenisthmus balius Gill & Randall, 1994
  • Xenisthmus chi Gill & Hoese, 2004
  • Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
  • Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004
  • Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger, 1871) (the bull's-eye wriggler or polyzonate wriggler) is peach-coloured with a bull's-eye-like spot on its tail.
  • Xenisthmus semicinctus Gill & Hoese, 2004
  • Xenisthmus smithi (Menon & Talwar, 1973) (often listed as Kraemericus smithi)