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smooth sandeel (Gymnammodytes semisquamatus)
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smooth sandeel (Gymnammodytes semisquamatus) specimen
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Ammodytidae

smooth sandeel

Gymnammodytes semisquamatus

Thirty Centimeters Eel

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Europe
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

The smooth sandeel (Gymnammodytes semisquamatus) is a species of sand eel in the family Ammodytidae.

Maximum length
30 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
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.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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