Family Ammodytidae - Sand lances
  Order
:
Ammodytidae Ammodytidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 7 | Species : 34 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
middle   Tertiary   lower   Oligocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Arctic, Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Body elongate with minute cycloid scales. Dorsal and anal fin spines absent. Usually without pelvic fins. Lateral line running along dorsal. Toothless. Dorsal fin long; soft rays usually 40-69. Anal fin rays 14-36. Banchiostegal rays 7. Gill membranes separate. No swim bladder. Vertebrae 52-78. Maximum length 30 cm.
  Etymology
:
Greek, ammos = sand + Greek dytes = diving. 1607 ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
normal
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Uranoscopiformes | | | Ammodytidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Ammodytidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758
acceptedseniororiginal
! Ammodytes tobiunus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Ammodytes lancea Cuvier, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Ammodytes personatus (non Girard, 1856)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt, 1837
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Ammodytes marinus Raitt, 1934
acceptedseniororiginal
Ammodytes heian Orr, Wildes & Kai, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Ammodytoides vagus (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)
acceptedseniornew
Bleekeria vaga McCulloch & Waite, 1916
synonymseniororiginal
Ammodytoides gilli (Bean, 1895)
acceptedseniornew
Bleekeria gilli Bean, 1895
synonymseniororiginal
Ammodytes gilli (Bean, 1895)
synonymseniornew
Ammodytes lucasanus Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
synonymjuniororiginal
Ammodytoides lucasanus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938)
synonymjuniornew
Ammodytoides renniei (Smith, 1957)
acceptedseniornew
Bleekeria renniei Smith, 1957
synonymseniororiginal
Ammodytoides kimurai Ida & Randall, 1993
acceptedseniororiginal
Ammodytoides pylei Randall, Ida & Earle, 1994
acceptedseniororiginal
Bleekeria gillii (non Bean, 1895)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Ammodytoides leptus Collette & Randall, 2000
acceptedseniororiginal
Ammodytoides idai Randall & Earle, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
Ammodytoides praematura Randall & Earle, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
Ammodytoides xanthops Randall & Heemstra, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
Ammodytoides kanazawai Shibukawa & Ida, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Bleekeria kallolepis Günther, 1862
acceptedseniororiginal
Bleekeria mitsukurii Jordan & Evermann, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal
Embolichthys mitsukurii (Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
synonymseniornew
! Embolichthys mitsukutii (Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Bleekeria murtii Joshi, Zacharia & Kanthan, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Bleekeria estuaria Randall & Ida, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
Bleekeria profunda Randall & Ida, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
Bleekeria albicauda Psomadakis, Yoshinaga, Wah & Ida, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
Bleekeria sp. A Not applicable
synonymotherother
Bleekeria nigrilinea Psomadakis, Yoshinaga, Wah & Ida, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
Bleekeria sp. B Not applicable
synonymotherother
Bleekeria kallolepis (non Günther, 1862)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage, 1824)
acceptedseniornew
Ammodytes lanceolatus Le Sauvage, 1824
synonymseniororiginal
Hyperoplus immaculatus (Corbin, 1950)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)
acceptedseniornew
Ammodytes cicerelus Rafinesque, 1810
synonymseniororiginal
! Ammodytes cicerellus Rafinesque, 1810
synonymseniororiginal
! Gymnammodites cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)
synonymseniornew
! Gymnammodytes cicerellus (Rafinesque, 1810)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Ammodytes siculus Swainson, 1839
synonymjuniororiginal
Ammodytes terebrans Cisternas, 1875
synonymjuniororiginal
Ammodytes tobianus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Gymnammodytes capensis (Barnard, 1927)
acceptedseniornew
Ammodytes capensis Barnard, 1927
synonymseniororiginal
Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit, 1994
acceptedseniororiginal
Protammodytes brachistos Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit, 1994
acceptedseniororiginal
Protammodytes sarisa (Robins & Böhlke, 1970)
acceptedseniornew
Embolichthys sarisa Robins & Böhlke, 1970
synonymseniororiginal
Protammodytes ventrolineatus Randall & Ida, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
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