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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei
Family: Ammodytidae Sand lances

Genus: Bleekeria

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8 species (see list below)
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Photo by Alvheim, O.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11.4 cm TL
Bleekeria albicauda Psomadakis, Yoshinaga, Wah & Ida, 2021

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Bleekeria albicauda
[White-tipped sandlance]

Photo by Connell, A.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 6.3 cm SL
Bleekeria estuaria Randall & Ida, 2014

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Bleekeria estuaria
[Estuary sandlance]

Photo by Akhilesh et al.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Bleekeria kallolepis Günther, 1862

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Bleekeria kallolepis
[Yellow-striped sandlance]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Bleekeria mitsukurii Jordan & Evermann, 1902

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Bleekeria mitsukurii
[Mitsukuri's sandlance]
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Max. Length 16 cm TL
 
Bleekeria murtii
[Murty's sandlance]

Photo by Psomadakis, P.N.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 12.1 cm TL
Bleekeria nigrilinea Psomadakis, Yoshinaga, Wah & Ida, 2021

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Bleekeria nigrilinea
[Black-edged fin sandlance]

Photo by Alvheim, O.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 12.1 cm SL
Bleekeria profunda Randall & Ida, 2014

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Bleekeria profunda
[Deep-water sandlance]

Photo by CSIRO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 14.6 cm SL
Bleekeria viridianguilla (Fowler, 1931)

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Bleekeria viridianguilla
[Tropical Pacific sandlance]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bleekeria albicauda White-tipped sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 11.4 TL 2021
Bleekeria estuaria Estuary sandlance Western Indian Ocean 6.3 SL 2014
Bleekeria kallolepis Yellow-striped sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 15 TL 1862
Bleekeria mitsukurii Mitsukuri's sandlance Indo-Pacific 16 TL 1902
Bleekeria murtii Murty's sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 16 TL 2012
Bleekeria nigrilinea Black-edged fin sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 12.1 TL 2021
Bleekeria profunda Deep-water sandlance Western Indian Ocean 12.1 SL 2014
Bleekeria viridianguilla Tropical Pacific sandlance Western Pacific 14.6 SL 1931



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