Chalixodytes

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Chalixodytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Creediidae
Genus: Chalixodytes
L. P. Schultz, 1943
Type species
Chalixodytes tauensis
L. P. Schultz, 1943

Chalixodytes is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian and the Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Chalixodytes chameleontoculis J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Sand dart)
  • Chalixodytes tauensis L. P. Schultz, 1943 (Saddled sandburrower)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Chalixodytes in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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