Gymnammodytes
| Gymnammodytes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Mediterranean sand eel (G. cicerelus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Ammodytidae |
| Genus: | Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr, 1935 |
Gymnammodytes is a genus of sand lances native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the southwestern Indian Ocean along the coast of Africa.
Species
[edit]The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Gymnammodytes capensis (Barnard, 1927) (Cape sand lance)
- Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Mediterranean sand eel)
- Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (S. Jourdain, 1879) (smooth sand eel)
The only known fossil member of this genus is Gymnammodytes oranensis Carnevale, 2004 from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gymnammodytes". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ "New species of sand lance (Teleostei, Ammodytidae) from the Miocene of Algeria". Geodiversitas. 26 (2): 297–307. 2004.
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