Ammodytes hexapterus Pacific sand lance

Ammodytes hexapterus is commonly referred to as Pacific sand lance. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9559 

AphiaID:

254510 

Scientific:

Ammodytes hexapterus 

German:

Pazifischer Sandaal 

English:

Pacific Sand Lance 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ammodytidae (Family) > Ammodytes (Genus) > hexapterus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Pallas, 1814 

Occurrence:

Russland, Alaska East Coast USA, British Columbia, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chukchi Sea, Corea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Japan, USA, West Coast USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 250 Meter 

Size:

6.69" - 11.81" (17cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

30.2 °F - 53.6 °F (-1°C - 12°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Phytoplankton, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Ammodytes americanus
• Ammodytes dubius
• 
  Ammodytes hexapterus
  Pazifischer Sandaal
• 
  Ammodytes marinus
  Sandaal
• 
  Ammodytes personatus
  Pazifischer Sandaal
• 
  Ammodytes tobianus
  Tobiasfisch, Kleiner Sandaal

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-24 19:37:50 

Last edit:

2025-12-08 21:41:34 

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