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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei
Family: Ammodytidae Sand lances

Genus: Ammodytoides

(See list of species below)


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10 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ammodytoides gilli Gill's sand lance Eastern Central Pacific 11.6 TL 1895
Ammodytoides idai Western Pacific 12.1 SL 2008
Ammodytoides kanazawai Northwest Pacific 6.3 SL 2013
Ammodytoides kimurai Northwest Pacific 12.1 SL 1993
Ammodytoides leptus Pitcairn Sandlance Eastern Central Pacific 12.7 SL 2000
Ammodytoides praematura Western Pacific 6.1 SL 2008
Ammodytoides pylei Pyle's sand lance Eastern Central Pacific 17.3 SL 1994
Ammodytoides renniei Scaly sandlance Southeast Atlantic 7.3 TL 1957
Ammodytoides vagus Southwest Pacific 15 SL 1916
Ammodytoides xanthops Yellow face sandlance Western Indian Ocean 12.2 SL 2008



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