Obliqueplicae covering the sides of body. Premaxillaeprotrusible; tip of lower jawprotruding less than half of one eye diameter beyond upper jaw; teeth absent. Margins of dorsal and anal fins straight with rays of equal length. Lateral line pores linearly arranged along the unbranched canals. Up to 25 cm SL. Plankton-feeding and usually the most abundant sand-eels both inshore (A.tobianus) and offshore (A.marinus). A.marinus forms the basis of the North Sea fishery.
Species probably 6 ( in Pacific (2) and western North Atlantic (2) one of these, A.americanus may be synonymous with A.marinus); in Clofnam area 2.
Kingdom Animalia Class Osteichthyes Genus Ammodytes
Scientific synonyms and common names
Ammodytes [Artedi] Linnaeus, 1758 Gender: M; Syst. Nat., ed. X: 247 Type: A.tobianus L., 1758, by monotypy.
Synonyms
None.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, ed. X, vol. 1, 824 pp. Nantes & Pisces: pp. 230-338. (Reprint, 1956, London.)
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