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]

Creedia alleni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Creediidae
Genus: Creedia
Species:
C. alleni
Binomial name
Creedia alleni

Etymology

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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

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creedia alleni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 2 March 2022.[permanent dead link]