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Sand eel or sandeel is the common name used for a considerable number of species of fish. While they are not true eels, they are eel-like in their appearance and can grow up to 30 cm (12 in) in length. [1] Many species are found off the western coasts of Europe from Spain to Scotland, and in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. Sand eels are an ...
The great sand eel can be distinguished from the lesser sand eel because the origin of its long dorsal fin is located behind the level of the pectoral fin. [5] Corbin's sand eel ( Hyperoplus immaculatus ) is very similar to the greater sand eel in the way that it lacks a protrusible upper jaw and its similar size.
The Raitt's sand eel is the most abundant species of sand eel in these fisheries and makes up over 90% of the catch. In 1977 the sand eel fishery became the largest fishery in the North Sea, with landings regularly exceeding 1 million tonnes. [15] This high level of fishing caused a decline in stocks over time as the fishery became ...
Gymnammodytes cicerelus, also known as Mediterranean sand eel, sonso [3] in Catalan, and barrinaire or enfú in Menorca, [4] is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Ammodytidae, the sand lances and sand eels. It is the only species of this family in the Mediterranean Sea. [5]
The lesser sand eel or sand lance (Ammodytes tobianus) is a species of fish in the sand lance family Ammodytidae. It is an elongated cylindrical fish which may be up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long. It is an elongated cylindrical fish which may be up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long.
Ammodytes americanus, also known as American sand lance, [1] American sand eel, [2] and sand launce, [3] is a small fish in the family Ammodytidae. First described by James Ellsworth De Kay in 1842, [ 1 ] it is widespread in the western North Atlantic. [ 2 ]
The Oriental worm-eel (Lamnostoma orientalis), also known as the Oriental snake eel, the Oriental sand-eel or the finny sand-eel, [3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] It was described by John McClelland in 1844, originally under the genus Dalophis . [ 5 ]
The thin sand-eel [2] (Yirrkala tenuis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys. [4] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea, South Africa, Mauritius and Réunion.