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Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814

Pacific sand lance
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Canada country information

Common names: Gaaydaa, Lançon gourdeau, Pacific sand lance
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from the northern Canada (Ref. 58426) southward; from British Columbia (Ref. 6885) to Québec (Ref. 7251). Also found in the Beaufort Sea and Hudson Bay (Ref. 116608). In range Ref. 2850. Recorded in Canadian Arctic Archipelago (Ref. 118019, 118443). Also Refs. 4925, 6793, 27436, 95155, 116608.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Ammodytes: Greek, ammos = sand + Greek, dytes = anyone that likes immersions, diving (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 275 m (Ref. 58426), usually 30 - 100 m (Ref. 56557).   Temperate; 63°N - 32°N, 145°E - 21°W (Ref. 57358)

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