Ammodytoides

Ammodytoides is a genus of sand lances native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Ammodytoides
Ammodytoides vagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Ammodytoides
Duncker & Mohr, 1939
Type species
Bleekeria vaga
McCulloch & Waite, 1916

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Ammodytoides gilli (T. H. Bean, 1895) (Gill's sand lance)
  • Ammodytoides idai J. E. Randall & Earle, 2008
  • Ammodytoides kanazawai Shibukawa & H. Ida, 2013[2]
  • Ammodytoides kimurai H. Ida & J. E. Randall, 1993
  • Ammodytoides leptus Collette & J. E. Randall, 2000 (Pitcairn Sandlance)
  • Ammodytoides praematura J. E. Randall & Earle, 2008
  • Ammodytoides pylei J. E. Randall, H. Ida & Earle, 1994 (Pyle's sand lance)
  • Ammodytoides renniei (J. L. B. Smith, 1957) (Scaly sandlance)
  • Ammodytoides vagus (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)
  • Ammodytoides xanthops J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2008 (Yellow face sandlance)
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Ammodytoides in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. Shibukawa, K. & Ida, H. (2013): Ammodytoides kanazawai, a New Species of Sand Lance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 25–30.


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