Lesser sand eel

Lesser sand eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Labriformes
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Ammodytes
Species:
A. tobianus
Binomial name
Ammodytes tobianus
An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) with its beak full of lesser sand eels

The lesser sand eel or sand lance (Ammodytes tobianus) is a species of fish in the sand lance family Ammodytidae. It is an elongated cylindrical fish which may be up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long.

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