The
New Zealand sand diver,
Tewara cranwellae, is a
sandburrowerThe sandburrowers or simply burrowers are a family, Creediidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.They are native to coastal waters the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are very small fishes: with the exception of the larger Donaldson's sandburrower, Limnichthys donaldsoni, most species reach only...
, the only species in the genus
Tewara, found all around
New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
to depths of about 5 m, on sandy or gravelly bottoms. Its length is between 3 and 8 cm.
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The
New Zealand sand diver,
Tewara cranwellae, is a
sandburrowerThe sandburrowers or simply burrowers are a family, Creediidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.They are native to coastal waters the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are very small fishes: with the exception of the larger Donaldson's sandburrower, Limnichthys donaldsoni, most species reach only...
, the only species in the genus
Tewara, found all around
New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
to depths of about 5 m, on sandy or gravelly bottoms. Its length is between 3 and 8 cm.