Sandburrower
Appearance
Sandburrowers | |
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New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acropomatiformes |
Family: | Creediidae Waite, 1899 |
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The sandburrowers or simply burrowers are a family, Creediidae, of ray-finned fishes in the order Acropomatiformes.
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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Creediidae". FishBase. April 2013 version.