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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Creediidae (Sandburrowers)
Etymology: Limnichthys: Greek,limne = swamp + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 4 - 20 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Indo-Pacific: from east Africa and Red Sea to western Australia, Taiwan, Ryukyu Is. and Ogasawara Is., Micronesia, the Hawaiian Is., the Cook Is., and the Pitcairn group.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5467)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 25; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 26 - 28. Body pale, with 8-12 narrow, short bars across dorsal surface (Ref. 5467). Dorsal saddles not reaching, even if present, a lateral band. Combined number of soft rays in dorsal and anal fins usually 44 to 51 (Ref 12874).

Benthic in surge-swept sand patches and shorelines (Ref. 1602, 58302). Found in sea bottoms with coarse sand and fine gravel 4-20 m deep (Ref. 90102). Occurs in small groups that bury themselves in coarse sand patches on reef corners subject to currents (Ref. 48636).

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Nelson, J.S., 1986. Creediidae. p. 736-737. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5467)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2015

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.2 - 29.3, mean 28.2 °C (based on 2840 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958