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northern sand lance (Ammodytes dubius)
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northern sand lance (Ammodytes dubius) specimen
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Ammodytidae

northern sand lance

Ammodytes dubius

Dense skin folds crease its slender body

  • Polar
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Cold-water fish

northern sand lance is known around North Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 25 cm.

Maximum length
25 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
North Atlantic: Greenland to North Carolina. Also in the northeast Atlantic (Ref. 7251 ).

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