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Ammodytidae
launce
Hyperoplus lanceolatus
Ammodytid Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Europe
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Elongated
MediumThe great sand eel or great sandeel (Hyperoplus lanceolatus) is the largest species of sand eel. The maximum size is 35 centimetres (14 in).
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Ammodytidae
- Genus
- Hyperoplus
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northeast Atlantic: Murman and Spitzbergen to Portugal, including Iceland and much of the Baltic.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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