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Main identification features
Dorsal with long base, 46-47 rays; anal rays 22-24; pectoral rays 14-15; lateral line pores about 90; scales smooth; body very elongate, spindle-shaped, tapering toward head and tail fin; head relatively sharp and pointed; lower jaw strongly projecting, pectoral fins small and pointed, situated well below lateral axis of body; pelvic fins absent; tail deeply forked; no teeth; lateral line high an body.
Mainly translucent whitish in color, fins transparent; large individuals with upper 2/3 of head and nape yellowish, 4 small, elongate black spots along outer margin of front half of dorsal fin.
Size: grows to about 13.5 cm.
Inhabits sandy bottoms, some-times near shallow rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-25 m.
Cape San Lucas (Baja) and central Mexico to Ecuador and the Galapagos.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 25 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=25; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-111; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=27; Longitudinal range=33.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom).
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 13.5 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;
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References |
- Bean, T.H., 1895., Description of a new species of fish, Bleekeria gilli., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 17:629-630.
- Collette , B. B. and Robertson, D. R., 2001., Redescription of Ammodytoides gilli, the tropical eastern Pacific sand lance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae)., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49(Supplement 1):111-115.
- Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo . Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
- Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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