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Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814

Pacific sand lance
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> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Ammodytes: Greek, ammos = sand + Greek, dytes = anyone that likes immersions, diving (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 275 m (Ref. 58426), usually 30 - 100 m (Ref. 56557). Temperate; 63°N - 32°N, 145°E - 21°W (Ref. 57358)

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Arctic, Northwest to Northeast Pacific: Arctic Alaska to the Sea of Japan and Balboa Island, southern California, USA. Western Atlantic: northern Quebec, Canada to North Carolina, USA. The Arctic and Pacific populations may be a separate species, distinct from the Atlantic populations (Ref. 7251).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 11 - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56394); common length : 17.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56557); peso máximo publicado: 100.00 g (Ref. 56527); edad máxima reportada: 11 años (Ref. 56557)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 58 - 63; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 28 - 31; Vértebra: 68 - 72. Resembles A personatus in body shape but distinguished by its numerous dorsal fin rays (58 to 63 against 55 to 59) an vertebrae (68 against 67), and larger eyes. Lateral plicae 144 to 161.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

May occur in large schools near the surface both inshore and offshore, but also buries itself in sand (Ref. 2850). Inshore, found from intertidal to subtidal areas (Ref. 2850). Offshore, found near the surface over deep water (Ref. 2850). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Juveniles and adults feed on zooplankton (Ref. 28499). Utilized dried or salted and frozen; sometimes targeted as a raw material for fishmeal; eaten fried (Ref. 9988).

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Oviparous (Ref. 101747).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.5 - 8.9, mean 3.4 °C (based on 527 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00257 (0.00141 - 0.00468), b=3.15 (2.99 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 3.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=2-3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 33.2 [17.7, 66.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.29 [0.16, 0.53] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [17.0, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.425 [0.202, 0.872] g/100g; Selenium = 15.9 [6.5, 35.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42.7 [13.4, 141.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.874 [0.593, 1.270] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.