WoRMS taxon details
Ammodytes americanus DeKay, 1842
159587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159587)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
DeKay, J. E. (1842). Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. <em>W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York).</em> i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79. [Plates in separate volume; fishes, Pls. 1-79 [most in color].]. [details]
Distribution Labrador to southern Delaware
Distribution Labrador to southern Delaware [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Ammodytes americanus DeKay, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159587 on 2024-11-21
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DeKay, J. E. (1842). Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. <em>W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York).</em> i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79. [Plates in separate volume; fishes, Pls. 1-79 [most in color].]. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on copepods, mysids, amphipods, snails, clams, isopods, crabs and polychaetes [details]Distribution Labrador to southern Delaware [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Bottom living species found in shallow bays and protected bays and estuaries, often on or burrowing into sandy bottom; to 20 m in Gulf of Maine. [details]
Importance Social- Potential commercial importance [details]
Predators Atlantic cod, haddock, pollock, plaice, yellowtail flounder, common dolphinfish, silver hake, finback whale [details]
Reproduction Spawning occurs between November and February [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | American sand lance | [details] |
| French | lançon d'Amériquelançon d’Amérique | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (153 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ammodytes americanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ammodytes americanus, Canada, by Sargent, P.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ammodytes americanus RAD112801-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (153 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ammodytes americanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ammodytes americanus, Canada, by Sargent, P.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ammodytes americanus RAD112801-001)
To ITIS
