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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Creediidae (Sandburrowers)
Etymology: Crystallodytes: Latin, cristallum = ice + Greek, dytes = that likes to dive (Ref. 45335); enderburyensis: Named for its type locality, Reef of Enderbury Is.

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Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 15 m (Ref. 54980). Tropical, preferred ?

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Eastern Central Pacific: Kiribati (Phoenix Is.), French Polynesia (Marquesas and Society islands) and Pitcairn.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54980)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 40-43; Anal soft rays: 38 - 41. This species is characterized by the following features: D 40-43; A 38-41; pectoral rays 12-13; pelvic rays I,5; caudal rays branched 8 while rays of other fins are unbranched; lateral line descend gradually from the upper end of the gill opening to the lower edge of caudal peduncle, pored scales 57-60; rounded lateral-line scales; naked head and body except for the lateral line scales; depth of body 9.3-12.5 in SL; fleshy upper lip; lips no cirri; anal-fin origin below the 4th or 5th dorsal-fin ray; in life colour is translucent white and some individuals with small dark saddles on back (Ref. 54980). Differs from Crystallodytes cookei by the following characters: D 40-43 (vs. 36-39); A 38-41 (vs. 34-38); pectoral rays 12-13 (vs. 10-11); lateral line scales 57-60 (Ref. 86689).

This species inhabits coarse sand or fine gravel in exposed tidepools and the spur and groove habitat (Ref. 54980).

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Delrieu-Trottin, E,, J.T. Williams, P. Bacchet, M. Kulbicki, J. Mourier, R. Galzin, T.L. de Loma, G. Mou-Tham, G. Siu and S. Planes, 2015. Shore fishes of the Marquesas Islands, an updated checklist with new records and new percentage of endemic species. Checklist 11(5), Art.1758:13 pp. (Ref. 108478)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Crystallodytes enderburyensis Schultz, 1943