Limnichthys

Limnichthys
Limnichthys fasciatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Creediidae
Genus:	Limnichthys Waite, 1904
Type species
Limnichthys fasciatus Waite, 1904

Limnichthys is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Limnichthys fasciatus Waite, 1904 (barred sand burrower)
• Limnichthys marisrubri R. Fricke & Golani, 2012[2]
• Limnichthys nitidus J. L. B. Smith, 1958 (sand submarine)
• Limnichthys orientalis Yoshino, Kon & Okabe, 1999
• Limnichthys polyactis J. S. Nelson, 1978 (tommyfish)
• Limnichthys rendahli Parrott, 1958

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Limnichthys". FishBase. April 2013 version.
2. Fricke, R. and D. Golani. 2012. Limnichthys marisrubri, a new species of sand diver (Teleostei: Creediidae) from the Red Sea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 5:287-292.