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Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Ammodytoides: Greek, ammos = sand + Greek, dytes = anyone that likes immersions, diving (Ref. 45335); kanazawai: Named for Takeshi Kanazawa, who provided the opportunity to the authors to examine the holotype of the species.
Eponymy: Takeshi Kanazawa of the Tokyo University of Fisheries (now Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology) provided the authors the opportunity to examine the holotype of this species, which he had collected off the Ogasawara Islands (1995) as [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 99 m (Ref. 93272). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93272)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 50; Anal soft rays: 23; Vertebrae: 60. This species differs from its congeners in having the following set of characters: dorsal-fin rays 50; anal-fin rays 23; pectoral-fin rays 16; pored lateral-line scales approximately 107-108; gill rakers 5?21; vertebrae 34?26?60; head length 23.7% of SL; operculum scaleless; anterior interorbital pores opening at tip of a short branch of supraorbital canal; supratemporal commissure of lateral canal with 3 pores; numerous fine black dots on dorsal- and anal-fin membranes after the 18th and 3rd rays, respectively (Ref. 93272).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Shibukawa, K. and H. Ida, 2013. Ammodytoides kanazawai, a new species of sand lance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Bull. Nat. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser. A. Supp. 7:25-30. (Ref. 93272)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00324 (0.00140 - 0.00746), b=3.07 (2.88 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
