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Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt, 1837 
AphiaID: 151520

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ammodytidae (Family) > Ammodytes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch zandspiering  [details]
English northern sand lance  [details]
French lancon commun  [details]
French lançon du nord  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Bay [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
Manicouagan [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Saint Lawrence River [details]
Ungava Bay [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Links PlanktonNet Image
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on planktonic organisms especially copepods [details]

Distribution: Greenland to North Carolina [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Bottom living species found to depths of 90 m, over sand bottoms. [details]

Importance: Food for commercial fishes, including cod, haddock, yellowtail flounder [details]

Predators: Atlantic cod, haddock, pollock, red hake, alewives (for complete list see www.fishbase.org) [details]

Reproduction: Spawns from late November until before March [details]
Image 
Ammodytes dubius
Ammodytes dubius
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jim Reid ()
qualitystatus: not checked

PlanktonNet Image  
PlanktonNet Image
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151520
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-06 10:22:32Z  created  Claus, Simon
2006-07-18 06:32:47Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt, 1837. 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=151520 on 2013-05-24
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