''Ammodytes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sand lance
A sand lance or sandlance is a ray-finned 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 ...
s native to the northern oceans.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
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Ammodytes americanus
''Ammodytes americanus'', also known as American sand lance, American sand eel, and sand launce, is a small fish in the family Ammodytidae. First described by James Ellsworth De Kay in 1842, it is widespread in the western North Atlantic. The fi ...
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DeKay, 1842 (American sand lance)
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Ammodytes dubius
''Ammodytes'' is a genus of sand lances 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, 183 ...
''
J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837 (Northern sand lance)
* ''
Ammodytes heian
''Ammodytes'' is a genus of sand lances 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 ...
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J. W. Orr, Wildes & Kai, 2015 (Peaceful sand lance)
* ''
Ammodytes hexapterus''
Pallas
Pallas may refer to:
Astronomy
* 2 Pallas asteroid
** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas
* Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
Mythology
* Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena
* Pa ...
, 1814 (Arctic sand lance)
[
* '' Ammodytes japonicus'' Duncker & Mohr ( de), 1939 (Western sand lance) ][
* '']Ammodytes marinus
Raitt's sand eel (''Ammodytes marinus''), is a small semi-pelagic ray-finned fish found in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Raitt's sand eel is member of the family Ammodytidae which includes all 31 species of sand eels, often referred to as sand la ...
'' Raitt, 1934 (Lesser sand eel)
* ''Ammodytes personatus
''Ammodytes'' is a genus of sand lances 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 ...
'' Girard, 1856 (Pacific sand lance) [
* '' Ammodytes tobianus'' ]Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758 (Small sand eel)
References
Ammodytidae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Marine fish genera
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