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Ammodytes personatus Girard, 1856

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 55 - 59; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 28 - 32; Vertebrae: 62 - 67. Characterized by having a horizontal skin fold along its ventral contour, and the absence of pelvic fin and teeth. Lateral plicae 160 to 180. Lower jaw pointed. Lateral line system on head not continuous with that on the body.

Common Names

  • Pacifisk sandgrævling , Danish , Denmark
  • Tobis , Danish , Denmark
  • Japanese sand lance , English , Japan
  • Pacific sandeel , English , UK
  • Pacific sandlance , English , Global
  • Jaapani tobias , Estonian , Estonia
  • Lançon du Pacifique , French , France
  • Lançon du Pacifique , French , Global
  • Sandaal , German , Germany
  • Sandspierling , German , Germany
  • Tobis , German , Germany
  • Ikanago , Japanese , Japan
  • Gga-na-ri , Korean , Korea (South)
  • 까나리 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • Miàn tiáo yú , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Yù jīn yú , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 太平洋玉筋魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 太平洋玉筋鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Galeota-do-Pacífico , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Песчанка тихоокеанская , Russian , Russia
  • Lanzon , Spanish , Spain
  • Lanzón del Pacífico , Spanish , Spain
  • Salton , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

    Family: Ammodytidae

    Genus: Ammodytes

    Species: Ammodytes personatus Girard, 1856

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Northwest Pacific: inland Sea of Japan to Kyushu, Japan. Northeast Pacific: From southern California to the western Aleutian Islands (Ref. 114018), Alaska (Ref. 11366).

    • Biology

    Found in sand bottoms and may enter semi-enclosed sea areas (Ref. 11230). Forms large schools. Important food fish in Japan (marketed fresh or dried) and marketed fresh but mainly used for meal and oil manufacture in Europe (Ref. 10384). Common size taken from picture in Ref. 559. Maximum size estimated as 1.5 * common size. Two genetically different lineages were found in Japan Sea/East Sea, perhaps representing two different species (J.K. Kim, oral.comm, FishBoL2012, June 2012).

    Habitat

    demersal