Premature Floater
Schindleria praematura
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Schindleria praematura, Schindler's fish is a species of neotenic goby which was formerly placed in the monogeneric family Schindleriidae but which is currently classified within the Gobiidae. It is associated with reefs and has an Indo-Pacific distribution from South Africa and Madagascar to Hawaii and the sea mounts of the South Pacific. The generic name and the common name honour the German zoologist Otto Schindler (1906–1959), who described the species. Schindleria praematura's entire body, including the head, is uniformly whitish. The iris of the eye is black and capped dorsally with an iridescent silvery layer spotted with numerous melanophores. The black pigment cap on the swim bladder is visible through the body wall, and their fins are translucent. Schindleria praematura is also notable for its small size.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Schindleria