After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Creediidae [Limnichthyidae] (sandburrowers) [N: 7/16] [FB: 6/13]
   |-- Apodocreedia vanderhorsti de Beaufort, 1948 (Longfin burrower)
   |--o Chalixodytes ()? [2]
   |  |-- C. chameleontoculis Smith, 1957 (Sand dart)
   |  `-- C. tauensis Schultz, 1943 (Saddled sandburrower)
   |--o Creedia ()? [2]
   |  |-- C. haswelli (Ramsay, 1881) (Slender sand-diver)
   |  `-- C. partimsquamigera Nelson, 1983 (Half-scaled sand-diver)
   |-- Crystallodytes [not recognized by the Fishbase]
   |--o Limnichthys ()? [6]
   |  |-- L. donaldsoni Schultz, 1960 Donaldson's sandburrower
   |  |-- L. fasciatus Waite, 1904 Barred sand burrower
   |  |-- L. nitidus Smith, 1958 Sand submarine
   |  |-- L. orientalis Yoshino, Kon & Okabe, 1999
   |  |-- L. polyactis Nelson, 1978 Tommyfish
   |  `-- L. rendahli Parrott, 1958
   |-- Schizochirus insolens Waite, 1904
   `-- Tewara cranwellae Griffin, 1933

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