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Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt, 1837

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 56 - 67; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 28 - 35; Vertebrae: 68 - 76. Number of lateral plicae 124-147, with a mean of 132.1.

Common Names

  • Nordlig tobis , Danish , Denmark
  • Lance , English , Canada
  • Lant , English , Canada
  • Lants , English , Canada
  • Launce , English , Canada
  • Lawnce , English , Canada
  • Northern sand lance , English , Canada
  • Northern sand lance , English , UK
  • Northern sand lance , English , USA
  • Põhjatobias , Estonian , Estonia
  • Lançon du nord , French , Canada
  • Lançon du nord , French , France
  • Putooruttoq , Greenlandic , Greenland
  • Putorutôk , Inuktitut , Greenland
  • 大西洋玉筋魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大西洋玉筋鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Dobijak islandzki , Polish , Poland
  • песчанка северная , Russian , Russia
  • Djuptobis , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

    Family: Ammodytidae

    Genus: Ammodytes

    Species: Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt, 1837

    Climate Zone

  • demersal

    • Location

  • North Atlantic: Greenland to North Carolina. Also in the northeast Atlantic (Ref. 7251).

    • Biology

    Occurs farther offshore in salinities of 30-36 ppt. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178. Benthic. Feeds on crustaceans and worms (Ref. 58426); mainly on copepod, Calanus finmarchicus (Ref. 5951).

    Habitat

    demersal