Gymnammodytes
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| Gymnammodytes | |
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| Mediterranean Sand-eel (G. cicerelus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Ammodytidae |
| Genus: | Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr (de), 1935 |
Gymnammodytes is a genus of sand lances native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the southwestern Indian Ocean along the coast of Africa.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Gymnammodytes capensis (Barnard, 1927) (Cape sandlance)
- Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Mediterranean sand eel)
- Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (S. Jourdain, 1879) (Smooth sandeel)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnammodytes in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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