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Kraemeriidae

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Kraemeriinae is a subfamily of ray-finned fish in the family Gobiidae, commonly known as sand darters. They were previously treated as the separate family Kraemeriidae, but were reclassified after molecular analyses found them to be nested within Gobiidae.

Species

sand darters

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyKraemeriidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded909

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
Family
Kraemeriidae
Collections
KU, CAS, AM, MAGNT
Recorded in
Fiji, Madagascar, Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gobiiformes
Image
Kraemeria samoensis.JPG
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Commons category
Kraemeriidae
taxon name
Kraemeriidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Kraemeriidae
taxon common name
pískovkovití
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Kraemeriinae is a subfamily of ray-finned fish in the family Gobiidae, commonly known as sand darters. They were previously treated as the separate family Kraemeriidae, but were reclassified after molecular analyses found them to be nested within Gobiidae.

These fish are Indo-Pacific, being native to the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific Ocean. They live in sandy shallow pools and are found among coral. One species is restricted to fresh waters of Madagascar. In breeding coloration the male fish has an occelated spot at the rear of the first dorsal fin.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kraemeriidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.