Paraxenisthmus cerberusi

Paraxenisthmus cerberusi is a species of fish in the genus Paraxenisthmus of the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae,[3] from Palau[4] and Fiji in the West Pacific.[1] Its specific name refers to Cerberus, the three-headed dog which guards the entrance to Hades in Greek mythology, given to this species because of its relatively large number of teeth and in reference to the black juveniles and the red and black adults, the colours of which are associated with Hell in Christianity.[5] This small fish was found in a drop-off which had caves and ledges with shelves and slopes covered in silt and sand. The area had growths of hydroids, sea fans, a range of hard corals and some Halimeda.[6]

Paraxenisthmus cerberusi

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Paraxenisthmus
Species:
P. cerberusi
Binomial name
Paraxenisthmus cerberusi
Winterbottom & Gill, 2006[2]

References
  1. Greenfield, D. & Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Paraxenisthmus cerberusi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69739816A69742709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69739816A69742709.en.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Paraxenisthmus cerberusi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1119220817.
  4. Richard Winterbottom; Anthony C. Gill (2006). "Paraxenisthmus cerberusi, a New Species of Xenisthmid Fish from Palau (Percomorpha: Gobioidei)" (PDF). Copeia. 2006 (1): 10–13. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)006[0010:PCANSO]2.0.CO;2.
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Paraxenisthmus cerberusi" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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