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Microdesmus
Microdesmus is a genus of wormfishes native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species
Pink Wormfish
speciesMicrodesmus longipinnis
Spotside Wormfish
speciesMicrodesmus suttkusi
Microdesmus carri
speciesMicrodesmus carri
Microdesmus aethiopicus
speciesMicrodesmus aethiopicus
Lancetail wormfish
speciesMicrodesmus lanceolatus
Microdesmus luscus
speciesMicrodesmus luscus
Microdesmus bahianus
speciesMicrodesmus bahianus
Microdesmus affinis
speciesMicrodesmus affinis
Banded Worm Goby
speciesMicrodesmus dipus
Microdesmus dorsipunctatus
speciesMicrodesmus dorsipunctatus
Microdesmus intermedius
speciesMicrodesmus intermedius
Microdesmus retropinnis
speciesMicrodesmus retropinnis
Microdesmus hildebrandi
speciesMicrodesmus hildebrandi
Microdesmus multiradiatus
speciesMicrodesmus multiradiatus
Microdesmus knappi
speciesMicrodesmus knappi
Microdesmus africanus
speciesMicrodesmus africanus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89919.