''Ammodytes'' is a

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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 northern oceans.

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Ammodytes americanus ''Ammodytes americanus'', also known as American sand lance, American sand eel, and sand launce, is a small fish in the family Ammodytidae. First described by James Ellsworth De Kay in 1842, it is widespread in the western North Atlantic. Like ...

'' DeKay, 1842 (American sand lance) * ''

Ammodytes dubius ''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, 1 ...

'' J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837 (Northern sand lance) * ''

Ammodytes heian ''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, 18 ...

'' J. W. Orr, Wildes & Kai, 2015 (Peaceful sand lance) * ''

Ammodytes hexapterus ''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 ...

Pallas Pallas may refer to: Astronomy * 2 Pallas asteroid ** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas * Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon Mythology * Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena * Pa ...

, 1814 (Arctic sand lance) * ''

Ammodytes japonicus ''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, 18 ...

'' Duncker & Mohr ( de), 1939 (Western sand lance) * ''

Ammodytes marinus Raitt's sand eel (''Ammodytes marinus''), also known as the lesser sand eel, is a small semi-pelagic ray-finned fish found in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Raitt's sand eel is member of the family Ammodytidae which includes all 31 species of san ...

'' Raitt, 1934 (Lesser sand eel) * ''

Ammodytes personatus ''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, 18 ...

'' Girard, 1856 (Pacific sand lance) * ''

Ammodytes tobianus The lesser sand eel or sand lance (''Ammodytes tobianus'') is a species of fish in the sand lance family Ammodytidae. It is an elongated cylindrical fish which may be up to long. Description The body of the lesser sand eel has an elongated sh ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758 (Small sand eel)

References

Ammodytidae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Marine fish genera {{Perciformes-stub