''Gymnammodytes'' is a
genus
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of
sand lance
A sand lance or sandlance is a 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 the fish are ...
s native to the eastern
Atlantic Ocean
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, the
Mediterranean Sea
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and the southwestern
Indian Ocean
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along the coast of
Africa
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.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Gymnammodytes capensis''
(Barnard Barnard is a version of the surname Bernard, which is a French and West Germanic masculine given name and surname. The surname means as tough as a bear, Bar(Bear)+nard/hard(hardy/tough)
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, 1927) (Cape sand lance)
* ''
Gymnammodytes cicerelus''
(Rafinesque
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, 1810) (Mediterranean sand eel)
* ''
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus''
( S. Jourdain, 1879) (smooth sand eel)
References
Ammodytidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Georg Duncker
Taxa named by Erna Mohr
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