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Ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 125909

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ammodytidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Ammodytidae
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 247 [details]


basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Ammodytes americanus DeKay, 1842
Species Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt, 1837
Species Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814
Species Ammodytes marinus Raitt, 1934
Species Ammodytes personatus Girard, 1856
Species Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758

Subgenus Ammodytes (Hyperoplus) Günther, 1862 accepted as Hyperoplus Günther, 1862
Species Ammodytes argenteus Risso, 1827 accepted as Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ammodytes capensis Barnard, 1927 accepted as Gymnammodytes capensis (Barnard, 1927)
Species Ammodytes cicerellus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ammodytes cicerelus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ammodytes immaculatus Corbin, 1950 accepted as Hyperoplus immaculatus (Corbin, 1950)
Species Ammodytes lancea Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Ammodytes lanceolatus Le Sauvage, 1824 accepted as Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage, 1824)
Species Ammodytes lucasanus Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 accepted as Ammodytoides gilli (Bean, 1895)
Species Ammodytes semisquamatus Jourdain, 1879 accepted as Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (Jourdain, 1879)
Species Ammodytes siculus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ammodytes terebrans Cisternas, 1875 accepted as Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ammodytes tobiunus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
Distribution Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Images 
Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758
[image from typetaxon]
Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2008-05-22 - author: VLIZ (Decleer)
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Poll (1947, fig. 173, 174 & 175)
[image from typetaxon]
Poll (1947, fig. 173, 174 & 175)
added on 2008-08-13 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Day)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Sandeel - Ammodytes tobianus
[image from typetaxon]
Sandeel - Ammodytes tobianus
added on 2009-05-27 - author: Van Ginderdeuren, Karl
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Sandeel - Ammodytes tobianus
[image from typetaxon]
Sandeel - Ammodytes tobianus
added on 2009-05-27 - author: Van Ginderdeuren, Karl
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Ammodytes
Ammodytes
added on 2010-07-19 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Zandspiering
[image from typetaxon]
Zandspiering
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel
qualitystatus: not checked

Ammodytes - sand lance (head view)
Ammodytes - sand lance (head view)
added on 2011-02-15 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Ammodytes
Ammodytes
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Heinz Wiele ()
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Ammodytes sp.
Ammodytes sp.
added on 2011-03-30 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada ()
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Ammodytes - sand lance (over sand)
Ammodytes - sand lance (over sand)
added on 2011-04-22 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Ammodytes - larva
Ammodytes - larva
added on 2011-05-06 - author: Fisheries and Oceans, Roberta Miller ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125909
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125909 on 2013-06-20
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