Gymnammodytes
| Gymnammodytes | |
|---|---|
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| Mediterranean Sand-eel (G. cicerelus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Ammodytidae |
| Genus: | Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr (de), 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
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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnammodytes in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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