Creedia bilineata is a species of sandburrowers found in the Northwest Pacific Ocean around Japan.[1] This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in). [2]

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

Etymology

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The sandburrower is named because it has two lines on the sides of the fish.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Shimada, K. and T. Yoshino, 1987. A new creediid fish Creedia bilineatus from the Yaeyama Islands, Japan. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 34(2):123-127.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creedia bilineata". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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]