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Creediidae 
AphiaID: 151410

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Perciformes
Source  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English sandburrowers  [details]
All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Genus Apodocreedia de Beaufort, 1948
  » Species Apodocreedia vanderhorsti de Beaufort, 1948
Genus Chalixodytes Schultz, 1943
  » Species Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith, 1957
» Species Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943
Genus Creedia
  » Species Creedia alleni Nelson, 1983
» Species Creedia bilineata Shimada & Yoshino, 1987
» Species Creedia haswelli (Ramsay, 1881)
» Species Creedia partimsquamigera Nelson, 1983
» Species Creedia bilineatus Shimada & Yoshino, 1987 accepted as Creedia bilineata Shimada & Yoshino, 1987
Genus Crystallodytes
  » Species Crystallodytes cookei Fowler, 1923
» Species Crystallodytes pauciradiatus Nelson & Randall, 1985
Genus Limnichthys Waite, 1904
  » Species Limnichthys fasciatus Waite, 1904
» Species Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958
» Species Limnichthys orientalis Yoshino, Kon & Okabe, 1999
» Species Limnichthys polyactis Nelson, 1978
» Species Limnichthys rendahli Parrott, 1958
» Species Limnichthys donaldsoni Schultz, 1960 accepted as Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958
Genus Myopsaron Shibukawa, 2010
  » Species Myopsaron nelsoni Shibukawa, 2010
Genus Schizochirus
  » Species Schizochirus insolens Waite, 1904
Genus Tewara
  » Species Tewara cranwellae Griffin, 1933
» Species Tewara cranwelli Griffin, 1933 accepted as Tewara cranwellae Griffin, 1933
Links To GenBank
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Note  Description: Distribution: Indo-West Pacific from South Africa to Hawaii. Lower jaw fringed with a row of cirri. A knob projecting backward at the articulation of lower jaw. Snout fleshy and jutting beyond lower jaw. Lateral line goes down to ventral surface gradually or abruptly. Scales in lateral line often with three-lobed posterior extensions, except the most anterior scales. A few species largely scaleless, except for lateral line scales. Dorsal fin with 12-43 unbranched soft rays. One spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 3-5. One species without fins. Pelvics very close to each other. Cornea folding in at junction of skin and cornea. Slightly bulging eyes. Opercular bone very much splintered. About 8 cm maximum length.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151410
Taxonomic
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2005-04-06 10:22:32Z  created  Claus, Simon
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Creediidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151410 on 2013-05-18
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