Ammodytes

Ammodytes
Ammodytes americanus
Ammodytes tobianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Ammodytidae
Genus:	Ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758

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 (Northern sand lance)
• Ammodytes heian J. W. Orr, Wildes & Kai, 2015 (Peaceful sand lance) ^[1]
• Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814 (Arctic sand lance) ^[1]
• Duncker & Mohr (de), 1939 (Western sand lance) ^[1]
• Raitt
  , 1934 (Lesser sand eel)
• Ammodytes personatus Girard, 1856 (Pacific sand lance) ^[1]
• Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus
  , 1758 (Small sand eel)

References

1. ^
   doi:10.7755/fb.113.2.3
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