''Ammodytoides'' 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 ...

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 Indian and

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oceans.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Ammodytoides gilli'' ( T. H. Bean, 1895) (Gill's sand lance) * '' Ammodytoides idai'' J. E. Randall &

Earle Earle may refer to: * Earle (given name) * Earle (surname) Places * Earle, Arkansas, a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, US * Earle, Indiana, an unincorporated town in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, US * Earle, Northumberland, a settlement i ...

, 2008 * '' Ammodytoides kanazawai'' Shibukawa & H. Ida, 2013Shibukawa, 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.'' * '' Ammodytoides kimurai'' H. Ida & J. E. Randall, 1993 * '' Ammodytoides leptus''

Collette Collette is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * (born 1995), French dancer and artist *Bruce Baden Collette (born 1934), American ichthyologist * Jeff Collette, professional wrestler who was managed by ...

& J. E. Randall, 2000 (Pitcairn Sandlance) * '' Ammodytoides praematura'' J. E. Randall &

, 2008 * '' Ammodytoides pylei'' J. E. Randall, H. Ida &

, 1994 (Pyle's sand lance) * '' Ammodytoides renniei'' (

J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought ...

, 1957) (Scaly sandlance) * '' Ammodytoides vagus'' (

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& Waite, 1916) * '' Ammodytoides xanthops'' J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2008 (Yellow face sandlance)

References

Ammodytidae Taxa named by Georg Duncker Taxa named by Erna Mohr Marine fish genera {{Perciformes-stub