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Common names: Lesser sand-eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Bruce, J.R., J.S. Colman and N.S. Jones, 1963
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Common; may be dug from intertidal sand or taken in fine-meshed seine in sandy bays. Spawning: Jan., Feb., and early Mar.; also in autumn (Ref. 9488).
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Main Ref: Bruce, J.R., J.S. Colman and N.S. Jones, 1963
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> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Ammodytes: Greek, ammos = sand + Greek, dytes = anyone that likes immersions, diving (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina; brackvatten bottenlevande; djupintervall 1 - 96 m (Ref. 57178). Temperate; 72°N - 36°N, 23°W - 42°E

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Northeast Atlantic: Murmansk to Spain, including Iceland and the Baltic (Ref. 4674). Reports from the Mediterraneanare misidentications (Ref. 125963). Two distinct but often sympatric spawning groups exist in the area but have not been given subspecies status although spawning groups differ in mean vertebral number (autumn higher than spring), otolith structure, and probably habitats.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m 13.0, range 11 - 15 cm
Max length : 20.0 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3397); rapporterad maxålder: 7 år (Ref. 729)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 49 - 58; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 24 - 32; Ryggkotor: 60 - 68. Scales present in the midline anterior to dorsal fin and over the musculature at base of caudal fin. Belly scales in tight chevron. Margins of dorsal and anal fins straight with rays of equal length. Lateral line pores linearly arranged along the un branched canals. Back typically sandy brown.

Territorial; found in inshore waters, especially sandy bays and beaches, including the inter-tidal zone and estuaries; rarely offshore. Alternate between lying buried in the sandy substrate and swimming in schools in the water mass. Adults feed on zooplankton and some large diatoms (Ref. 3397). They hibernate in winter buried in sand at depths of 20-50 cm (Ref. 35388).

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Bauchot, M.-L., 1987. Poissons osseux. p. 891-1421. In W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) Fiches FAO d'identification pour les besoins de la pêche. (rev. 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Vol. II. Commission des Communautés Européennes and FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3397)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 10 March 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiellt viktig; bete: usually

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.3 - 13.5, mean 10.2 (based on 738 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00229 (0.00164 - 0.00321), b=3.07 (3.00 - 3.14), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (K=0.45-0.77; tm=1-3; tmax=7).

Prior r = 1.02, 95% CL = 0.67 - 1.53, Based on 6 full stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758