Gymnammodytes
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| Gymnammodytes | |
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| Mediterranean sand eel (G. cicerelus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Ammodytidae |
| Genus: | Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr, 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[edit]
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Gymnammodytes capensis (Barnard, 1927) (Cape sand lance)
- Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Mediterranean sand eel)
- Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (S. Jourdain, 1879) (smooth sand eel)
References[edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnammodytes in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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