Sandburrower
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 New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae
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The sandburrowers or simply burrowers are a family, Creediidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.
They are native to coastal waters the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are very small fishes: with the exception of the larger Donaldson's sandburrower, Limnichthys donaldsoni, most species reach only 3 to 7 cm in length. They live in shallow waters close to the shore, burrowing into sandy areas swept by currents or by surf.
[edit] Species
There are seventeen species in seven genera:
- Genus Apodocreedia de Beaufort, 1948
- Longfin burrower, Apodocreedia vanderhorsti de Beaufort, 1948.
- Genus Chalixodytes Schultz, 1943
- Sand dart, Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith, 1957.
- Saddled sandburrower, Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943.
- Genus Creedia Ogilby, 1898
- Creedia alleni Nelson, 1983.
- Creedia bilineatus Shimada & Yoshino, 1987.
- Slender sand-diver, Creedia haswelli (Ramsay, 1881).
- Half-scaled sand-diver, Creedia partimsquamigera Nelson, 1983.
- Genus Crystallodytes Fowler, 1923
- South Pacific Sandburrower, Crystallodytes cookei Fowler, 1923.
- Crystallodytes pauciradiatus Nelson & Randall, 1985.
- Genus Limnichthys Waite, 1904
- Donaldson's sandburrower, Limnichthys donaldsoni Schultz, 1960.
- Barred sand burrower, Limnichthys fasciatus Waite, 1904.
- Sand submarine, Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958.
- Limnichthys orientalis Yoshino, Kon & Okabe, 1999.
- Tommyfish, Limnichthys polyactis Nelson, 1978.
- Limnichthys rendahli Parrott, 1958.
- Genus Schizochirus Waite, 1904
- Schizochirus insolens Waite, 1904.
- Genus Tewara Griffin, 1933
- New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae Griffin, 1933.
[edit] References
- "Creediidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Creediidae (TSN 171022). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 25 March 2006.
