Ammodytoides is a genus of sand lances native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
| Ammodytoides | |
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| Ammodytoides vagus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Ammodytidae |
| Genus: | Ammodytoides Duncker & Mohr, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Bleekeria vaga McCulloch & Waite, 1916
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Species
editThere are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Ammodytoides gilli (T. H. Bean, 1895) (Gill's sand lance)
- Ammodytoides idai J. E. Randall & Earle, 2008
- Ammodytoides kanazawai Shibukawa & H. Ida, 2013[2]
- Ammodytoides kimurai H. Ida & J. E. Randall, 1993
- Ammodytoides leptus Collette & J. E. Randall, 2000 (Pitcairn Sandlance)
- Ammodytoides praematura J. E. Randall & Earle, 2008
- Ammodytoides pylei J. E. Randall, H. Ida & Earle, 1994 (Pyle's sand lance)
- Ammodytoides renniei (J. L. B. Smith, 1957) (Scaly sandlance)
- Ammodytoides vagus (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)
- Ammodytoides xanthops J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2008 (Yellow face sandlance)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ammodytoides". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ a b Shibukawa, K. & Ida, H. (2013): Ammodytoides kanazawai, a New Species of Sand Lance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 25–30.
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