Gymnammodytes

Gymnammodytes is a genus of sand lances native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the southwestern Indian Ocean along the coast of Africa.

Gymnammodytes
Mediterranean sand eel (G. cicerelus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Gymnammodytes
Duncker & Mohr, 1935

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnammodytes in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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