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Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 49 - 58; Anal soft rays: 24 - 32; Vertebrae: 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.

Common Names

  • سمك الرمل , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Trencavits , Catalan , Spain
  • Kysttobis , Danish , Denmark
  • Sandgrævling , Danish , Denmark
  • Zandspiering , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Lesser sand-eel , English , Isle of Man
  • Lesser sandeel , English , UK
  • Lesser sandeel , English , Ireland
  • Sand-eel , English , Spain
  • Sandeel , English , UK
  • Small sandeel , English , Estonia
  • Small sandeel , English , UK
  • Small sandeel , English , UK
  • Smooth sand eel , English , UK
  • Smooth sandeel , English , UK
  • Nigli , Estonian , Estonia
  • Väike tobias , Estonian , Estonia
  • Lítla nebbasild , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Nebbasild , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Pikkutuulenkala , Finnish , Finland
  • Équille , French , Global
  • Equille , French , France
  • Lançon équille , French , France
  • Corr ghainimh bheag/ an corr , Gaelic, Irish , Ireland
  • Kleiner Sandaal , German , Germany
  • Tobiasfisch , German , Germany
  • Amodytis , Greek , Greece
  • Αμμοδύτης , Greek , Greece
  • Sandsíli , Icelandic , Iceland
  • Tūbīte , Latvian , Latvia
  • Mažasis tobis , Lithuanian , Lithuania
  • 小玉筋鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鱗柄玉筋魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鳞柄玉筋鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Havsil , Norwegian , Norway
  • Sandgrevling , Norwegian , Norway
  • Småsil , Norwegian , Norway
  • Tobis , Norwegian , Norway
  • Tobiasz , Polish , Poland
  • Peschanka , Russian , Russia
  • Mala peščenka , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Aguacioso , Spanish , Spain
  • Aguacioso , Spanish , Spain
  • Lanzon , Spanish , Spain
  • Kusttobis , Swedish , Sweden
  • Kum balığı , Turkish , Turkey
  • Llymrïen , Welsh , UK Engld Wal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

    Family: Ammodytidae

    Genus: Ammodytes

    Species: Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • 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.

    • Biology

    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).

    Habitat

    brackish