Eel Sandlance, Bleekeria viridianguilla (Fowler 1931)

Illustration of an Eel Sandlance, Bleekeria viridianguilla. Source: Fowler, H.W., 1931 - Studies of Hong Kong fishes--No. 2. License: Copyright Expired

Summary:

A greenish-yellow to greenish brown sandlance becoming paler below, with a pale yellow margin on the dorsal and caudal fins.

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Bray, D.J. 2023, Bleekeria viridianguilla in Fishes of Australia, accessed 03 Dec 2023, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4886

Eel Sandlance, Bleekeria viridianguilla (Fowler 1931)

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Distribution	North of Legendre Island, Western Australia, to north of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. Small schools feed on zooplankton over sandy areas, diving into the sand when threatened.
Features	Dorsal fin 40-43; Anal fin 14-16; Pectoral fin 14-16; Gill rakers 22-23; Lateral-line scales 108-116; Scale rows above lateral line at dorsal fin origin 4; Vertebrae 52-56. Body elongate, almost cylindrical; mouth large, terminal; lower jaw strongly projecting; upper jaw protrusible. Dorsal fin continuous, height equal to or greater than body depth; anal fin 1/2 the length of dorsal fin; caudal fin somewhat forked; pelvic fins absent.
Etymology	The specific name viridianguilla is from the Latin viridis (= green) and anguilla (= eel), in reference to 'T’seng Sin' (green eel), the Chinese vernacular name for this species.
Species Citation	Herklotsina viridianguilla, Fowler 1931, Hong Kong Naturalist 2(4): 311, Fig. 13. Type locality: Hong Kong.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2023
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Eel Sandlance, Bleekeria viridianguilla (Fowler 1931)

References

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Joshi, K.K., Zacharia, P.U. & Kanthan, P. 2012. Description of a new sand lance species, Bleekeria murtii (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from India. Indian Journal of Fisheries 59(2): 101-107. See ref online

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Psomadakis, P.N., Yoshinaga, T., Wah, Z. Z. & Ida, H. 2021. Description of two new species of sandlances, genus Bleekeria (Perciformes, Ammodytidae) from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean). Zootaxa 4903(3): 419-429. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4903.3.7

Varsha, M.S., Sethulakshmi, M., Ida, H., Randall, J.E. & Joshi, K.K. 2019. A taxonomic revision of the fishes of the genus Bleekeria (Perciformes, Ammodytidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 60(2): 18-25. https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2018.60.2.2077-06