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Family: Ammodytidae Sand lances



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ammodytes americanus American sand lance Northwest Atlantic 23.5 TL 1842
Ammodytes dubius Northern sand lance North Atlantic 25 TL 1837
Ammodytes heian Peaceful sand lance Northwest Pacific 22.6 SL 2015
Ammodytes hexapterus Pacific sand lance Arctic, Northwest to Nort 30 TL 1814
Ammodytes marinus Lesser sand-eel Northeast Atlantic 25 TL 1934
Ammodytes personatus Pacific sandlance Northwest Pacific 15 SL 1856
Ammodytes tobianus Small sandeel Northeast Atlantic 20 SL 1758
Ammodytoides gilli Gill's sand lance Eastern Central Pacific 11.6 TL 1895
Ammodytoides idai Western Pacific 12.1 SL 2008
Ammodytoides kanazawai Northwest Pacific 6.3 SL 2013
Ammodytoides kimurai Northwest Pacific 12.1 SL 1993
Ammodytoides leptus Pitcairn Sandlance Eastern Central Pacific 12.7 SL 2000
Ammodytoides praematura Western Pacific 6.1 SL 2008
Ammodytoides pylei Pyle's sand lance Eastern Central Pacific 17.3 SL 1994
Ammodytoides renniei Scaly sandlance Southeast Atlantic 7.3 TL 1957
Ammodytoides vagus Southwest Pacific 15 SL 1916
Ammodytoides xanthops Yellow face sandlance Western Indian Ocean 12.2 SL 2008
Bleekeria albicauda White-tipped sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 11.4 TL 2021
Bleekeria estuaria Estuary sandlance Western Indian Ocean 6.3 SL 2014
Bleekeria kallolepis Yellow-striped sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 15 TL 1862
Bleekeria mitsukurii Mitsukuri's sandlance Indo-Pacific 16 TL 1902
Bleekeria murtii Murty's sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 16 TL 2012
Bleekeria nigrilinea Black-edged fin sandlance Eastern Indian Ocean 12.1 TL 2021
Bleekeria profunda Deep-water sandlance Western Indian Ocean 12.1 SL 2014
Bleekeria viridianguilla Tropical Pacific sandlance Western Pacific 14.6 SL 1931
Gymnammodytes capensis Cape sandlance Southeast Atlantic and We 17 TL 1927
Gymnammodytes cicerelus Mediterranean sand eel Eastern Atlantic and Medi 17 TL 1810
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus Smooth sandeel Northeast Atlantic 30 SL 1879
Hyperoplus immaculatus Greater sand-eel Northeast Atlantic 35 SL 1950
Hyperoplus lanceolatus Great sandeel Northeast Atlantic 40 SL 1824
Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus Eastern Central Pacific 15.9 SL 1994
Protammodytes brachistos Northwest Pacific 8.6 SL 1994
Protammodytes sarisa Western Central Atlantic 11.7 SL 1970
Protammodytes ventrolineatus Western Indian Ocean 13.8 SL 2014



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