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Ammodytes tobianus

Two groups keep separate spring and autumn spawning seasons

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

The lesser sand eel or sand lance (Ammodytes tobianus) is a species of fish in the sand lance family Ammodytidae. It is an elongated cylindrical fish which may be up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Ammodytes
Maximum length: 20 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Northeast Atlantic: Murmansk to Spain, including Iceland and the Baltic (Ref. 4674 ). Reports from the Mediterraneanare misidentications (Ref. 125963 ). Two distinct but often sympatric spawning groups exist in the area but have not been given subspecies status although spawning groups differ in mean vertebral number (autumn higher than spring), otolith structure, and probably habitats.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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