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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei
Family: Ammodytidae Sand lances

Genus: Bleekeria

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8 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bleekeria albicauda White-tipped sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 11.4 TL 2021
Bleekeria estuaria Estuary sandlance Western Indian Ocean 6.3 SL 2014
Bleekeria kallolepis Yellow-striped sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 15 TL 1862
Bleekeria mitsukurii Mitsukuri's sandlance Indo-Pacific 16 TL 1902
Bleekeria murtii Murty's sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 16 TL 2012
Bleekeria nigrilinea Black-edged fin sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 12.1 TL 2021
Bleekeria profunda Deep-water sandlance Western Indian Ocean 12.1 SL 2014
Bleekeria viridianguilla Tropical Pacific sandlance Western Pacific 14.6 SL 1931



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