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Class: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Creediidae Sandburrowers

Genus: Chalixodytes

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Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.6 cm TL
Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith, 1957

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Chalixodytes chameleontoculis
[Sand dart]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 4.6 cm TL
Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943

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Chalixodytes tauensis
[Saddled sandburrower]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Sand dart Indian Ocean 4.6 TL 1957
Chalixodytes tauensis Saddled sandburrower Pacific Ocean 4.6 TL 1943



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