Mediterranean sand eel

Gymnammodytes cicerelus

Seventeen Centimeters Eel of the Adriatic Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Europe
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Gymnammodytes cicerelus, also known as Mediterranean sand eel, sonso in Catalan, and barrinaire or enfú in Menorca, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Ammodytidae, the sand lances and sand eels. It is the only species of this family in the Mediterranean Sea. It is found over sandy or gravelly substrates in the east-central Atlantic from Portugal to Senegal, including the Canary Islands and the Cape Verde Islands, and into the Mediterranean Sea and eastwards into the Black Sea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Gymnammodytes
Maximum length: 17 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: including the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Sea, Portugal and Senegal. Has also been reported from southern Morocco, Mauritania, and Angola (Ref. 10813 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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