Sand cave fish
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Sand cave fish (Creediidae) are a family of small fish , a maximum of 8 centimeters long, that live in the Indo-Pacific from South Africa to Hawaii and Easter Island .
features
They are elongated, the long dorsal fin has 13 to 43 undivided soft rays . The anal fin is also long, the pelvic fins are in the chest, are close together and are supported by 3 to 5 soft rays. They are missing from Apodocreedia . Some species are almost without scales, but the scales along the lateral line organ are always present. The sideline runs gradually or abruptly towards the abdomen. The eyes protrude slightly. The muzzle is fleshy. The upper jaw protrudes over the lower jaw. The lower jaw bears a number of cirrus.
species
There are eight genera with 19 species :
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Apodocreedia de Beaufort, 1948
- Apodocreedia vanderhorsti de Beaufort, 1948 .
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Chalixodytes Schultz, 1943
- Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith, 1957 .
- Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943 .
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Creedia Ogilby , 1898
- Creedia alleni Nelson, 1983 .
- Creedia bilineatus Shimada & Yoshino, 1987 .
- Creedia haswelli (Ramsay, 1881) .
- Creedia partimsquamigera Nelson, 1983 .
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Crystallodytes Fowler, 1923
- Crystallodytes cookei Fowler, 1923 .
- Crystallodytes enderburyensis Schultz, 1943 .
- Crystallodytes pauciradiatus Nelson & Randall, 1985 .
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Limnichthys Waite, 1904
- Limnichthys fasciatus Waite, 1904 .
- Limnichthys marisrubri Fricke & Golani, 2012 .
- Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958 .
- Limnichthys orientalis Yoshino, Kon & Okabe, 1999 .
- Limnichthys polyactis Nelson, 1978 .
- Limnichthys rendahli Parrott, 1958 .
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Myopsaron Shibukawa, 2010
- Myopsaron nelsoni Shibukawa, 2010 .
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Schizochirus Waite, 1904
- Schizochirus insolens Waite, 1904 .
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Tewara Griffin, 1933
- Tewara cranwellae Griffin, 1933 .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson, Terry C. Grande, Mark VH Wilson: Fishes of the World. Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2016, ISBN 978-1118342336
Web links
Commons : Sand Cave Fish (Creediidae) - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Sand cave fish on Fishbase.org (English)