Sandburrower

Short description: Family of fishes

Sandburrowers

New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Trachiniformes
Family:  | Creediidae
Waite, 1899
Genera[1]

* Apodocreedia
* Chalixodytes
* Creedia
* Crystallodytes
* Limnichthys
* Myopsaron
* Schizochirus
* Tewara

Synonyms

* Limnichthyidae Regan, 1913

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.

## See also

* List of fish families

## References

1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Creediidae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2062954 entry

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