About this species
Creedia alleni is a species of sandburrowers found in the Eastern Indian Ocean in Australia. This species reaches a length of 4 cm (1.6 in).
Text from the Wikipedia article “Creedia alleni”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–21 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Allen's Sandburrower, Slender Sandfish
Similar species
- Haswell's Sandfish
Creedia haswelli
- Halfscaled Sandburrower
Creedia partimsquamigera
- Barred Sand Burrower
Limnichthys fasciatus
- Longfin burrower
Apodocreedia vanderhorsti
- Pale Sand-diver
Chalixodytes tauensis
- South Pacific Sandburrower
Crystallodytes cookei
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 6 open-data records from 1962 to 1977.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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