''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:
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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. ...
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Waite, 1904 (Barred sand burrower)
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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 ...
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R. Fricke & Golani, 2012[Fricke, 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)
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Limnichthys orientalis''
Yoshino, Kon & Okabe, 1999
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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)
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Limnichthys rendahli''
Parrott, 1958
References
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Edgar Ravenswood Waite
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