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''Limnichthys'' is a genus of
sandburrower The sandburrowers or simply burrowers are a family, Creediidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are native to coastal waters the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are very small fishes; with the exception of the larger Donaldson's sandbur ...
s native to the Indian and Pacific 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''
J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
, 1958
(Sand submarine) * '' Limnichthys orientalis'' Yoshino, Kon & Okabe, 1999 * '' Limnichthys polyactis''
J. S. Nelson ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...
, 1978
(Tommyfish) * '' Limnichthys rendahli'' Parrott, 1958


References

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