Apodocreedia vanderhorsti

Apodocreedia vanderhorsti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Creediidae
Genus: Apodocreedia
de Beaufort, 1948
Species: A. vanderhorsti
Binomial name
Apodocreedia vanderhorsti
de Beaufort, 1948

Apodocreedia vanderhorsti, the Longfin burrower, is a species of sandburrower native to the Indian Ocean coast of southern Africa where it can be found from Delagoa Bay, Mozambique to Durban, South Africa. It occurs from the intertidal zone to a depth of approximately 16 metres (52 ft). This species grows to a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

  1. Nelson, J., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Dooley, J., Fritzsche, R., Carpenter, K. & Starnes, W.C. 2010. Apodocreedia vanderhorsti. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 23 June 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Apodocreedia vanderhorsti" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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