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scaly sandlance (Ammodytoides renniei)
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scaly sandlance (Ammodytoides renniei) specimen
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Ammodytidae

scaly sandlance

Ammodytoides renniei

Black fin dots meet curved bars across both tail lobes

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Ammodytoides is a genus of sand lances native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Maximum length
7.3 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Southeast Atlantic: East London to Port Alfred, South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles (Ref. 5465 ). Western Central Pacific (Ref. 10275 ).

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