Hyperoplus

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Hyperoplus
Great Sand-eel (H. lanceolatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Hyperoplus
Günther, 1862

Hyperoplus is a genus of sand lances native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Hyperoplus immaculatus (Corbin, 1950) (Greater sand-eel)
  • Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage, 1824) (Great sandeel)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Hyperoplus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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