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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Sombrero Island, Verde Island Passage (Ref. 37603). Also in Ref. 90102.
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Murdy, E.O., C.J. Ferraris Jr., D.I. Hoese and R.C. Steene, 1981
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Creediidae (Sandburrowers)
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Common names from other countries

White-margin stargazer, Radiant Sandburrower, Donaldson's sandburrower, ... more

Main reference

Nelson, J.S. 1986. (Ref. 5467)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 3.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5467)

Environment

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

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

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

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).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.1 ±0.2 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months ()

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

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958