Pacific sandlance (Ammodytes personatus)

Scientific name: Ammodytes personatus Girard, 1856

Pacific sandlance (Ammodytes personatus)

The Pacific sandlance (Ammodytes personatus) is a marine fish of the family Ammodytidae. Native range: Northwest Pacific, inland Sea of Japan to Hokkaido, Japan. Northeast Pacific: Alaska.

Biology

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.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ammodytes personatus
Family
Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.0
Common length
10.0
Environment
Marine; demersal; oceanodromous
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: inland Sea of Japan to Hokkaido, Japan. Northeast Pacific: Alaska.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.6)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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