Cape sandlance

Gymnammodytes capensis

Ammodytid Fish beneath the Western Indian Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Africa
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

Gymnammodytes is a genus of sand lances native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the southwestern Indian Ocean along the coast of Africa.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Gymnammodytes
Maximum length: 17 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: Angola round the Cape to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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