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| Creedia alleni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Creediidae |
| Genus: | Creedia |
| Species: | C. alleni |
| Binomial name | |
| Creedia alleni J. S. Nelson, 1983 | |
Creedia alleni is a species of sandburrowers found in the Eastern Indian Ocean in Australia. This species reaches a length of 4 cm (1.6 in).[1]
Etymology
[edit]The sandburrower is named in honor of Gerald R. Allen (b. 1942), of the Western Australia Museum in Perth, who was the one who brought this species to Nelson's attention.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creedia alleni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PEMPHERIFORMES: Families CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, LEPTOSCOPIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE and BANJOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- Hutchins, J.B. and K.N. Smith, 1991. A catalogue of type specimens of fishes in the Western Australian Museum. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 38. 56p
- Allen's Sandburrower, Creedia alleni Nelson 1983 @ fishesofaustralia.net.au
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