''Creedia alleni'' is a

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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 found in the Eastern Indian Ocean in Australia. This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The sandburrower is named in honor of

Gerald R. Allen Gerald Robert "Gerry" Allen (born March 26, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) is an American-born Australian ichthyologist. His career began in 1963, when he spent a semester at the University of Hawaii, where he also received a PhD in marine zo ...

(b. 1942), of the

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, who was the one who brought this species to Nelson's attention.

References

*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 Creediidae Fish of Australia Taxa named by Joseph S. Nelson Fish described in 1983 {{Trachiniformes-stub