''Creedia haswelli'', the slender sandburrower, is a

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of marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

belonging to the

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Creediidae 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 ...

, the sandburrowers. This species is found in Southern Australia.Kuiter, R.H., 1993. Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 437 p. This species reaches a length of .

Taxonomy

''Creedia haswelli'' was first formally described as ''Hemerocoetes haswelli'' in 1881 by the Australian

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Edward Pierson Ramsay with its type locality given as Port Head in

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. This species is classified within the

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Creedia ''Creedia'' is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * ''Creedia alleni'' J. S. Nelson, 1983 * '' Creedia bilineata'' Shimada & Yoshino, 198 ...

'', which contains 4 species, which is the type genus of the family Creediidae. The 5th edition of ''

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'' clasifies this family within the

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Trachiniformes Trachiniformes is an order of percomorph bony fish which is traditionally the suborder Trachinoidei of the Perciformes. However, the classification is also considered as a polyphyly by molecular phylogenies. Trachinidae itself is eventually ...

Etymology

''Creedia haswelli'' is named in honour of Scots-born Australian zoologist William Aitcheson Haswell.

References

* Slender Sandburrower, Creedia haswelli (Ramsay 1882) @ fishesofaustralia.net.au
/small> Creediidae Marine fish of Southern Australia Taxa named by Edward Pierson Ramsay Fish described in 1881 {{Rayfinned-fish-stub