Gymnammodytes cicerelus, also known as Mediterranean sand eel, sonso[3] in Catalan, and barrinaire or enfú in Menorca,[4] 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.[5]
| Gymnammodytes cicerelus | |
|---|---|
| |
| School of Gymnammodytes cicerellus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Ammodytidae |
| Genus: | Gymnammodytes |
| Species: | G. cicerelus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)[2]
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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.[5]
Its maximum size is 17 cm. It is highly appreciated as food in certain areas of Italy, as well as in Catalan cuisine where it is fried after being lightly coated in batter.
Gallery
edit-
Fried sonsos with pa amb tomàquet
References
edit- ^ Iwamoto, T.; Yokes, B.; Pollard, D.A.; et al. (2015). "Gymnammodytes cicerelus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198630A15534027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198630A15534027.en.
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Sonso - Departament d'Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural
- ^ Mas Ferrà, Xavier i Canyelles Ferrà, Xavier: Peixos de les Illes Balears. Editorial Moll, Palma de Mallorca, 2000. Manuals d'introducció a la naturalesa, 13. ISBN 84-273-6013-4. Planes 213–214.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gymnammodytes cicerelus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- Rafinesque, C. S. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. 1810. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Caratteri. Pls. 1-20.
External links
edit
 | This Labriformes-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |