WoRMS taxon details
Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835
Genus Ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Ammodytoides Duncker & Mohr, 1939
Genus Bleekeria Günther, 1862
Genus Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr, 1935
Genus Hyperoplus Günther, 1862
Genus Lepidammodytes Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit, 1994
Genus Protammodytes Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit, 1994
Genus Embolichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Bleekeria Günther, 1862
Genus Gymnammodites accepted as Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr, 1935 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Herklotsina Fowler, 1931 accepted as Bleekeria Günther, 1862
Genus Ammodytoides Duncker & Mohr, 1939
Genus Bleekeria Günther, 1862
Genus Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr, 1935
Genus Hyperoplus Günther, 1862
Genus Lepidammodytes Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit, 1994
Genus Protammodytes Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit, 1994
Genus Embolichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Bleekeria Günther, 1862
Genus Gymnammodites accepted as Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr, 1935 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Herklotsina Fowler, 1931 accepted as Bleekeria Günther, 1862
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Minute cycloid scales. Usually without pelvic fins, present in Embolichthys. Lateral...
Description Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Minute cycloid scales. Usually without pelvic fins, present in Embolichthys. Lateral line running along dorsal. Toothless. Dorsal fin long; soft rays usually 40-65. Banchiostegal rays 7. Gill membranes separate. Maximum length 30 cm. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125516 on 2023-06-03
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]




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Description Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Minute cycloid scales. Usually without pelvic fins, present in Embolichthys. Lateral line running along dorsal. Toothless. Dorsal fin long; soft rays usually 40-65. Banchiostegal rays 7. Gill membranes separate. Maximum length 30 cm. [details]