FB-65322 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65322 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Stevardiidae Hemibrycon Hemibrycon brevispini Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009 Yellow face sandlance 2010-02-08 2025-03-03 Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra0 <i>Ammodytes xanthops</i>, a new species of sandlance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Mozambique. Smithiana,, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 9: 21-25. (Ref. 83531) FB-DiagnosticDescr-65331 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-02-12 00:00:00 2010-02-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65331 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 48-49; A 23-24; pectoral rays 15-16 (usually 15); lateral-line scales 106-112; absence of small scales dorsally on opercle; gill rakers 5-6 + 22-25; vertebrae 57-59; body depth 10.0-11.7% SL; eye diameter 3.3-3.5% SL; when fresh dark purplish gray dorsally, pale silvery blue on sides and ventrally; yellow on interorbital and most of head anterior to eye; dusky on front of snout and tip of lower jaw; series of 6-7 black spots at edge of dorsal fin; without black dots in fins; caudal fin with a broad blackish posterior border (Ref. 83531). Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 <i>Ammodytes xanthops</i>, a new species of sandlance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Mozambique. Smithiana,, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 9: 21-25. (Ref. 83531) FB-Morphology-65331 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-02-12 00:00:00 2010-02-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65331 Dorsal soft rays (total): 48 - 49; Analsoft rays: 23 - 24; Vertebrae: 57 - 59 Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 <i>Ammodytes xanthops</i>, a new species of sandlance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Mozambique. Smithiana,, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 9: 21-25. (Ref. 83531) FB-Distribution-65331 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-02-12 00:00:00 2010-02-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65331 Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique. Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 <i>Ammodytes xanthops</i>, a new species of sandlance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Mozambique. Smithiana,, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 9: 21-25. (Ref. 83531) FB-Size-65331 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-02-12 00:00:00 2010-02-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65331 12.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 83531)) Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 <i>Ammodytes xanthops</i>, a new species of sandlance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Mozambique. Smithiana,, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 9: 21-25. (Ref. 83531) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-65331 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-02-12 00:00:00 2010-02-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65331 pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 26 - 62 m (Ref. 83531) Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 <i>Ammodytes xanthops</i>, a new species of sandlance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Mozambique. Smithiana,, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 9: 21-25. (Ref. 83531)