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Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Gymnammodytes: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, ammos = sand + Greek, dytes = somebody that likes immersions or diving (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 5 - 20 m (Ref. 127989). Temperate; 62°N - 37°N, 11°W - 13°E
Northeast Atlantic: southern coast of Norway and the Shetlands to Spain, including all coasts of the British Isles and the North Sea, but not the Baltic.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 35388); common length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4645)
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 53 - 56; Radios blandos anales: 26 - 31. Palate without pointed teeth. Lateral line branched. Margins of dorsal and anal fins undulated. Scales restricted to the posterior third of the body (Ref. 35388).
Typically offshore over shell-gravel, also inshore where shell-gravel beaches occur. Feed on plankton. Summer batch spawner (Ref. 4674). By-catch in sand eel fisheries (Ref. 35388).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Reay, P.J., 1986. Ammodytidae. p. 945-950. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4674)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; carnada: usually
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.7 - 12.4, mean 10.4 °C (based on 502 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00263 (0.00125 - 0.00554), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.7 ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 57.3 [31.5, 107.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.379 [0.217, 0.687] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.3, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.385 [0.203, 0.691] g/100g; Selenium = 14.4 [7.1, 30.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.8 [3.7, 57.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.757 [0.528, 1.093] mg/100g (wet weight);
