Ammodytes

Ammodytes is a genus of sand lances native to the northern oceans.

Ammodytes
Ammodytes americanus
Ammodytes tobianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Ammodytes
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

  • Ammodytes americanus DeKay, 1842 (American sand lance)
  • Ammodytes dubius J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837 (Northern sand lance)
  • Ammodytes heian J. W. Orr, Wildes & Kai, 2015 (Peaceful sand lance) [1]
  • Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814 (Arctic sand lance) [1]
  • Ammodytes japonicus Duncker & Mohr (de), 1939 (Western sand lance) [1]
  • Ammodytes marinus Raitt, 1934 (Lesser sand eel)
  • Ammodytes personatus Girard, 1856 (Pacific sand lance) [1]
  • Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758 (Small sand eel)
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References
  1. Orr, J.W.; Wildes, S.; Kai, Y.; Raring, N.; Nakabo, T.; Katugin, O. & Guyon, J. (2015). "Systematics of North Pacific sand lances of the genus Ammodytes based on molecular and morphological evidence, with the description of a new species from Japan" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin. 113 (2): 129–156. doi:10.7755/fb.113.2.3.


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