Sandburrower

Sandburrower
Sandburrowers
New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Creediidae
Genera

Apodocreedia
Chalixodytes
Creedia
Crystallodytes
Limnichthys
Schizochirus
Tewara
See text for species.

Synonyms

Limnichthyidae

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.

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

See also

References


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