''Limnichthys'' is a

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sandburrower The sandburrowers or simply burrowers are a family, Creediidae, of ray-finned fishes in the order Acropomatiformes. They are native to coastal waters the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are very small fishes; with the exception of the larger D ...

s native to the

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oceans.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''

Limnichthys fasciatus ''Limnichthys fasciatus'', the barred sand burrower, is a species of sandburrower. It is noted for its highly developed eyes, with a structure similar to the eyes of a chameleon, which has led it to be described as marine chameleon.Pettigrew, J. ...

'' Waite, 1904 (barred sand burrower) * ''

Limnichthys marisrubri ''Limnichthys'' is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''Limnichthys fasciatus'' Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Waite, 1904 (barred sand bur ...

'' R. Fricke & Golani, 2012Fricke, R. and D. Golani. 2012. ''Limnichthys marisrubri'', a new species of sand diver (Teleostei: Creediidae) from the Red Sea. ''Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie'' 5:287-292. * ''

Limnichthys nitidus ''Limnichthys'' is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Limnichthys fasciatus'' Waite, 1904 (barred sand burrower) * ''Limnichthys marisrubri' ...

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, 1958 (sand submarine) * ''

Limnichthys orientalis ''Limnichthys'' is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Limnichthys fasciatus'' Waite, 1904 (barred sand burrower) * ''Limnichthys marisrubri' ...

'' Yoshino, Kon & Okabe, 1999 * ''

Limnichthys polyactis ''Limnichthys'' is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Limnichthys fasciatus'' Waite, 1904 (barred sand burrower) * ''Limnichthys marisrubri' ...

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, 1978 (tommyfish) * ''

Limnichthys rendahli ''Limnichthys rendahli'' is a species of sandburrower endemic to the waters around New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the So ...

'' Parrott, 1958

References

Marine fish genera Taxa named by Edgar Ravenswood Waite {{Acropomatiformes-stub