Bleekeria

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Trachinoidei

Familia: Ammodytidae
Genus: Bleekeria
Species (6): B. estuaria – B. kallolepis – B. mitsukurii – B. murtii – B. profunda – B. viridianguilla
Name

Bleekeria Günther, 1862

Type species: Bleekeria kallolepis Günther, 1862

Synonyms

Embolichthys Jordan & Evermann in Jordan, 1903
Herklotsina Fowler, 1931

References

Günther, A.; 1862: Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Muesum. 4: 1–534.
Bleekeria and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Bleekeria is a genus of sand lances native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

Bleekeria estuaria J. E. Randall & H. Ida, 2014 [1]
Bleekeria kallolepis Günther, 1862
Bleekeria mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Bleekeria murtii K. K. Joshi, Zacharia & P. Kanthan, 2012 [2]
Bleekeria profunda J. E. Randall & H. Ida, 2014 [1]
Bleekeria viridianguilla Fowler, 1931

References

Randall, J.E. & Ida, H. (2014): Three new species of sand lances (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the southwest Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 12: 1-11.
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.