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Ammodytes marinus (sand eel; sand lance; Raitt's sandeel; Lesser sand-eel; Lesser sandeel; Launce; Smooth sand eel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Raitt’s sand eel (Ammodytes marinus), also known as the lesser sand eel, is a small semi-pelagic ray-finned fish found in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Raitt’s sand eel is member of the Ammodytidae family which includes all 31 species of sand eels, often referred to as sand lances. Contrary to their name sand eels, including Raitt’s sand eel, are not true eels and instead belong to the order of “perch-like” fishes, the Perciformes.
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Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  2 years 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  2 years 6 months
Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary 38085 Scotland, United Kingdom
Lyme Bay and Torbay 77215 England, United Kingdom
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau 360832 Wales, United Kingdom
Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone 84204 England, United Kingdom  

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External References

Citations

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6"The diet and trophic ecology of anglerfish Lophius piscatorius at the Shetland Islands, UK", C.H. Laurenson and I.G. Priede, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 85 / Issue 02 / April 2005, pp 419-424
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0