The sandburrowers or simply burrowers are a family, Creediidae, of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
es in the order
Acropomatiformes
The Acropomatiformes or Pempheriformes are an order of fish from the group of perch relatives Percomorpha. The relationship of the families assigned to the Acropomatiformes is based on molecular biological studies and is not yet supported by mor ...
.
They are native to coastal waters the
Indian and
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
s. 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
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List of fish families
This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.
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L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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References
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