Ammodytes

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Ammodytes Higher classification Sand lance Order Perciformes		Family Ammodytidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Lesser sand eel, Raitt's sand eel, Ammodytes personatus

Sand lance sand eels ammodytidae ammodytes sandaale

Ammodytes is a genus of sand lances native to the northern oceans.

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)

Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814 (Arctic sand lance)

Ammodytes japonicus Duncker & Mohr (de), 1939 (Western sand lance)

Ammodytes marinus Raitt, 1934 (Lesser sand eel)

Ammodytes personatus Girard, 1856 (Pacific sand lance)

Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758 (Small sand eel)

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