''Ammodytoides'' is a

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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

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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, 2008 * '' Ammodytoides kanazawai''

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& 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 & 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'' (

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, 1957) (Scaly sandlance) * ''

Ammodytoides vagus ''Ammodytoides'' is a genus of sand lances native to the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * ''Ammodytoides gilli'' (Tarleton Hoffman Bean, T. H. Bean, 1895) ...

'' ( McCulloch & 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 {{Labriformes-stub