Creedia haswelli
Creedia haswelli is a species of sandburrowers found in Southern Australia.[1] This species reaches a length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in). [2]
| Creedia haswelli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Creediidae |
| Genus: | Creedia |
| Species: | C. haswelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Creedia haswelli (E. P. Ramsay, 1881) | |
Etymology
The sandburrower is named in honor of Scots-born Australian zoologist William Aitcheson Haswell.[3][4]
References
- Kuiter, R.H., 1993. Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 437 p.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Creedia haswelli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PEMPHERIFORMES: Families CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, LEPTOSCOPIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE and BANJOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- Patricia Morrison (1983). "Haswell, William Aitcheson (1854–1925)". Australian National Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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