''Creedia bilineata'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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 found in the Northwest Pacific Ocean around Japan. This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The sandburrower is named because it has two lines on the sides of the fish.
References
Creediidae
Fish of Japan
Taxa named by Kazuhiko Shimada
Taxa named by Tetsuo Yoshino
Fish described in 1987
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