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Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 58 - 63; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 28 - 31; Vertebrae: 68 - 72. Resembles A personatus in body shape but distinguished by its numerous dorsal fin rays (58 to 63 against 55 to 59) an vertebrae (68 against 67), and larger eyes. Lateral plicae 144 to 161.

Common Names

  • Stillehavstobis , Danish , Denmark
  • Pacific sand lance , English , Canada
  • Pacific sand lance , English , UK
  • Pacific sand lance , English , USA
  • Pacific sand lance , English , Alaska
  • Pacific sandlance , English , Canada
  • Sand-lance , English , Canada
  • Sandlance , English , Canada
  • Stout sand lance , English , Canada
  • Vaikse ookeani tobias , Estonian , Estonia
  • Lançon gourdeau , French , Canada
  • Gaaydaa , Haida (Skidegate) , Canada
  • צלופח- חול , Hebrew , Israel
  • Panmaksraq , Inupiat , Alaska
  • Kita-ikaanago , Japanese , Japan
  • 六斑玉筋魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 六斑玉筋鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Dobijak pacificzny , Polish , Poland
  • Dobijak pacyficzny , Polish , Poland
  • Severnaya tikhookeanskaya peschanka , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

    Family: Ammodytidae

    Genus: Ammodytes

    Species: Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Arctic, Northwest to Northeast Pacific: Arctic Alaska to the Sea of Japan and Balboa Island, southern California, USA. Western Atlantic: northern Quebec, Canada to North Carolina, USA. The Arctic and Pacific populations may be a separate species, distinct from the Atlantic populations (Ref. 7251).

    • Biology

    May occur in large schools near the surface both inshore and offshore, but also buries itself in sand (Ref. 2850). Inshore, found from intertidal to subtidal areas (Ref. 2850). Offshore, found near the surface over deep water (Ref. 2850). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Juveniles and adults feed on zooplankton (Ref. 28499). Utilized dried or salted and frozen; sometimes targeted as a raw material for fishmeal; eaten fried (Ref. 9988).

    Habitat

    brackish