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Updated 4/14/2023

Family Microdesmidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Nemateleotris magnifica

Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 40 feet

 


Palau, 20 feet

Mo'orea, 60 feet

Taema Bank, American Samoa, 85 feet

Lewaleng, Indonesia
   

FIRE DARTFISH

Locally common among rubble patches exposed to current deeper than 30 feet.  Attains 3 inches.  Rarely seen in Hawaii.  East Africa to Okinawa, Hawaii, and Pitcairn Island.