Chalixodytes

Chalixodytes is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian and the Pacific oceans.

Chalixodytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Creediidae
Genus:	Chalixodytes L. P. Schultz, 1943
Type species
Chalixodytes tauensis L. P. Schultz, 1943

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Chalixodytes chameleontoculis J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Sand dart)
• Chalixodytes tauensis L. P. Schultz, 1943 (Saddled sandburrower)

C. chameleontoculis is regarded by many authorities as a synonym of C. tauensis, which would mean that this genus is monotypic.^[2]