Ammodytes marinus Lesser sand-eel

Ammodytes marinus is commonly referred to as Lesser sand-eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1570 

AphiaID:

126751 

Scientific:

Ammodytes marinus 

German:

Sandaal 

English:

Lesser Sand-eel 

Category:

Sand eels 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Raitt, 1934 

Occurrence:

Russland, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Barents Sea, European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, Indian Ocean, Malaysia, Philippines, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man 

Sea depth:

10 - 150 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

35.6 °F - 59 °F (2°C - 15°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Living Food, Phytoplankton, 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:

2005-08-20 16:24:03 

Last edit:

2005-08-20 16:24:03 

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