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Ammodytoides renniei (Smith, 1957)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 50 - 51; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 23 - 24. Mouth large; lower jaw strongly projecting; upper jaw protrusible (Ref. 10275). Body pale olive above, silvery white below; fine black dots on dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 5465).

Common Names

  • Skubbige sanddolk , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Skællet tobis , Danish , Denmark
  • Scaly sandlance , English , South Africa
  • Scaly sandlance , English , Global
  • 伦氏似玉筋鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 倫氏似玉筋魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 細鱗布氏筋魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 细鳞布氏筋鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

    Family: Ammodytidae

    Genus: Ammodytoides

    Species: Ammodytoides renniei (Smith, 1957)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Southeast Atlantic: East London to Port Alfred, South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles (Ref. 5465). Western Central Pacific (Ref. 10275).

    • Biology

    Occurs in sandy areas (Ref. 10275). Rare species (Ref. 5465).

    Habitat

    associated