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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei
Family: Ammodytidae Sand lances

Genus: Gymnammodytes

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3 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 17 cm TL
 
Gymnammodytes capensis
[Cape sandlance]

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Eastern Atlantic and Medi
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)

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Gymnammodytes cicerelus
[Mediterranean sand eel]
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Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus
[Smooth sandeel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gymnammodytes capensis Cape sandlance Southeast Atlantic and We 17 TL 1927
Gymnammodytes cicerelus Mediterranean sand eel Eastern Atlantic and Medi 17 TL 1810
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus Smooth sandeel Northeast Atlantic 30 SL 1879



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