Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Creediidae > Limnichthys > Limnichthys nitidus

Limnichthys nitidus (Donaldson's sandburrower; Radiant Sandburrower; Sand submarine)

Synonyms: Limnichthys donaldsoni
Language: Afrikaans; Chinese; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Prey / Diet

Latigammaropsis atlantica[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cirrhitops fasciatus (Ringed hawkfish)1
Crystallodytes cookei (South Pacific Sandburrower)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Devil in the Details: High-Resolution Dietary Analysis Contradicts a Basic Assumption of Reef-Fish Diversity Models, KEN LONGENECKER, Copeia, 2007(3), pp. 543–555
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0