Ammodytes


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Noun1.Ammodytes - type genus of the AmmodytidaeAmmodytes - type genus of the Ammodytidae  
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce - very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
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Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Pacific sand lance Ammodytes hexapterus (Perciformes: Ammodytidae): Mitogenomic erspective on the distinction of Ammodytes hexapterus and Ammodytes personatus.
This antivenom contains a mixture of horse-origin immunoglobulin fragments effective against three snakes from the Viperidae family: Macrovipera Lebetina, Montivipera Xanthina, and Vipera Ammodytes. These antivenins are found in the pharmacies of most hospitals where snake envenomation is endemic.
The region along the northern shore of the Alaska Peninsula provides spawning sites for Pacific Sand Lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) from mid-January to late May, and for Pacific Herring (Clupea pallnsii) from late April to mid-July (McGurk and Warburton 1992; McGurk and others 1992).
27.1 Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus 25.9 Centropristis striata 14.1 Zoarces americanus 21.2 Ammodytes spp.
The goal of the MPA's for lesser sandeel, Ammodytes marinus, was to mitigate the effects of local overfishing on the sandeel stocks by using area-based management tools.
Yoo reported the best textural properties of the sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) fish-paste products at a level of 8% potato starch [53].
Hemorrhagic stomatitis in a natural hybrid of Vipera ammodytes x Vipera berus due to inappropriate substrate in terrarium.
Fatty acid biomarkers: validation of food web and trophic markers using 13 C-labelled fatty acids in juvenile sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus).
1 Gelatinous snailfish (Liparis fabricii) * 1 Kelp snailfish (Liparis tunicatus) * 3 Order Perciformes (0.3%) Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) 2 Order Pleuronectiformes (0.3%) Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) * 1(1) Total number of specimens 698 TABLE 2.
Remote camera observations revealed that the nestlings died shortly after consuming sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus), a fish species known to biomagnify saxitoxin.
Diel vertical migration and feeding rhythm of the larvae of the Japanese sandeel Ammodytes personatus.