Author: Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810

Gymnammodytes cicerelus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810

Diagnosis: ventrolateral skin-folds extending well beyond pectoral fins to anus. Dorsal rays 56-59; anal rays 27-31. Lateral line branched. Vertebrae 66-67 (mode 66). Colour: back blue-grey, belly silvery; head usually dark. Size: to 17 cm SL.

Habitat: inshore to 15 m depth. Food: probably plankton. Reproduction: winter spawner.

Distribution: Mediterranean (northern coasts only(?)) and Black Sea, overlapping with G. semisquamatus in the western Mediterranean.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Fage, 1918: 17, fig. 5-7 | Padoa, 1956b: 709-711, fig. 612-614 | Banarescu, 1964, fig. 349.
Otoliths (sagitta). Bauzá-Rullán, 1960a: 97, pl. III (34-36).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Percoidei
Family Ammodytidae
Genus Gymnammodytes
Species Gymnammodytes cicerelus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Gymnammodytes cicerelus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810

Synonyms:

Ammodytes Cicerelus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810a, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 21, pl. 9 (fig. 4) (Messina, Sicily).
Ammodytes tobianus (non Linn.): Risso, 1810: 95.
Ammodytes argenteus Risso, 1826, Hist. nat. Europe mérid., 3: 209 (Nice, France).
Ammodytes siculus Swainson, 1833, Zool. illustrations (2nd series), 1, pl. 63 (fig. 1) (Sicily). Holotype: BMNH no. 1949.3.25.19.
Ammodytes siculus: Günther, 1862: 386(part.) Steindachner, 1868a: 712, pl. II (fig. 3).
Ammodytes terebrans Cisternas, 1875, An. Soc. esp. Hist. nat., 9: 167, pl. VIII.
Ammodytes cicerellus: Moreau, 1881, 3: 219 Dieuzeide et al., 1955: 109 (fig.) Dollfus, 1955: 169 Lozano Rey, 1960, 3: 265, fig. 105 Banarescu, 1964: 792, fig. 348.
Gymnammodytes cicerellus: Duncker & Mohr, 1939: 21 Luther & Fiedler, 1961: 75, Abb. 8 Svetovidov, 1964: 374, fig. 118 Bini, 1968, 6: 111 (fig.).
Ammodytes cicerelus: Corbin, 1950: 87 Poljakov et al., 1958: 171.


Common names:

cicerelle [Fr]
cicerello [It]
ligeirão [Pr]
loutsàki [He]
mediterranean sand-eel [En]
pescianka [Ru]
sonzo [Es]

Bauzá-Rullán, J. 1960a. Contribución al conocimiento de otolitos de peces. Boln R. Soc. esp. Hist. nat. (Biol.), 57, 1959: 89-118, pl. I-VIII.

Bini, G. 1967-1972. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 pp., 66 fig. + 64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 pp., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 pp., 34 fig. + 63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 pp., 34 fig. + 49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 pp., 22 fig. + 56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 pp., 48 fig + 57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 pp., 57 fig. + 59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 pp., 34 + 63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Corbin, P. G. 1950. The occurrence of the smooth sand-eel, Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (Jourdain), in the Plymouth area, with notes on C. cicerelus (Rafinesque), and G. capensis (Barnard). J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K, 29: pp. 83-89.

Dieuzeide, R.; Novella, M. (collab. J. Roland), 1953-1955. Catalogue des Poissons des Côtes algériennes. Bull. Stn Aquic. Pêch. Castiglione, I (n.s.), (4), 1952 [1953]: pp. 1-135, 73 fig. n. num.; II (n.s.), (5), 1953 [1954]: pp. 1-258, 135 fig. n. num.; III (n.s.), (6), 1954 [1955]: pp. 1-384, 202 fig. n. num.

Dollfus, R. Ph. 1955. Première contribution à l'établissement d'un fichier ichthyologique du Maroc atlantique de Tanger à l'embouchure de l'Oued Dra. Trav. Inst. scient. chérif., Zool, (6): 227 pp., 1 map.

Duncker, G.; Mohr, E. W. 1939. Revision der Ammodytidae. Mitt. zool Mus., Berlin, 24 (1): pp. 8-31.

Fage, L. 1918. Shore-Fishes. Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr...., 2, Biology, (A.3): 154 pp., 114 fig., 16 maps.

Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 4. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. London, xxi+534 pp.

Lozano y Rey, L. 1960. Peces fisodistos. Tercera parte. Subseries Toracicos (Ordenes Equeneiformes y Gobiformes), Pediculados y Asimetricos. Mems R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr., ser.: Cienc. nat., 14: 613 pp., 173 fig., 7 pl.

Luther, W.; Fiedler, K. 1961. Die Unterwasserfauna der Mittelmeerküsten. Hamburg-Berlin, Parey ed.: 253 pp., 28 fig., 46 pl.

Moreau, E. 1881-1891. Histoire naturelle des poissons de la France, Paris, I, 1881: pp. I-VII+1-480, fig. 1-82; II, 1881: pp. 1-572, fig. 83-145; III, 1881: pp. 1-697, fig. 146-220; Suppl., 1891: pp. 1-144, fig. 221-227.

Padoa, E. 1956b. Triglidae, Peristediidae, Dactylopteridae, Gobiidae, Echeneidae, Jugulares, Gobiesocidae, Heterosomata, Pediculati in Uova, larve e stadi giovanili di Teleostei. Fauna Flora Golfo Napoli, 38: pp. 627-888, fig. 504-785, pl. XXXIX-L.

Poljakov, G. D.; Filipi, N. D.; Basho, K. 1958. Peshgit e Shgiperise. [Fish of Albania], Tirane, 286 pp.

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C. S. 1810a. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali (principalmente di pesci) e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Palermo, 105 pp., 20 pl. (Reprint, 1967, Asher-Amsterdam.)

Risso, A. 1810. Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du département des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, xxxvi+388 pp., 11 pl. (Reprint, 1966, Asher, Amsterdam.)

Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes. Paris et Strasbourg, vol. III, XVI+486 pp., 16 pl.

Steindachner, F. 1868a. Ichthyologischer Bericht über eine nach Spanien und Portugal untermommene Reise. Übersicht der Meeresfische an den Kusten Spanien's und Portugal's. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien., 57 (1): 351-424, 667-738, 6 pl.

Svetovidov, A. N. 1964. Rîbî Chernogo Morya. [The fishes of the Black Sea]. Opred Faune SSSR, 86: pp. 1-552, fig. 1-191 (in Russian).

Swainson, W. 1820-1833. Zoological illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare or interesting animals, arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London, 6 vol., 318 col. pl.

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