WoRMS taxon details
Kraemeriidae Whitley, 1935
- Genus Gobitrichinotus Fowler, 1943
- Genus Kraemeria Steindachner, 1906
- Genus Psammichthys Regan, 1908 accepted as Kraemeria Steindachner, 1906
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific, as far as Hawaii. Body elongate and usually scaleless. Tip of tongue with 2 lobes. Lower jaw...
Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific, as far as Hawaii. Body elongate and usually scaleless. Tip of tongue with 2 lobes. Lower jaw jutted with the chin enlarged. Small eyes. Anal and dorsal fins not confluent with caudal fin. Usually 1 dorsal fin with 4-6 weak spines; soft rays usually 13-18. Pelvic fins usually separate; spine 1; soft rays 5. About 6 cm maximum length. Usually live in sandy shallow waters; many are burrowing with only the head out. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Kraemeriidae Whitley, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151421 on 2025-10-31
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific, as far as Hawaii. Body elongate and usually scaleless. Tip of tongue with 2 lobes. Lower jaw jutted with the chin enlarged. Small eyes. Anal and dorsal fins not confluent with caudal fin. Usually 1 dorsal fin with 4-6 weak spines; soft rays usually 13-18. Pelvic fins usually separate; spine 1; soft rays 5. About 6 cm maximum length. Usually live in sandy shallow waters; many are burrowing with only the head out. [details]
