''Ammodytes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
sand lance
A sand lance or sandlance is a fish belonging to the family Ammodytidae. Several species of sand lances are commonly known as "sand eels", though they are not related to true eels. Another variant name is launce, and all names of the fish are ...
s native to the northern oceans.
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
John William Orr (1815–1887) was an American Wood engraving, wood engraver who drew many of his own illustrations and owned his own engraving and printing business.
He was born in Ireland on March 31, 1815, and was brought to Buffalo, New York ...
, Wildes & Kai, 2015 (Peaceful sand lance)
* ''
Ammodytes hexapterus''
Pallas, 1814 (Arctic sand lance)
[
* '' Ammodytes japonicus'' Duncker & Mohr ( de), 1939 (Western sand lance) ][
* '' Ammodytes marinus'' Raitt, 1934 (Lesser sand eel)
* '' Ammodytes personatus'' Girard, 1856 (Pacific sand lance) ][
* '' Ammodytes tobianus'' ]Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758 (Small sand eel)
References
Ammodytidae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Marine fish genera
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