lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus), Mediterranean sand eel (Gymnammodytes cicerelus)

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Subject:	lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus), Mediterranean sand eel (Gymnammodytes cicerelus)
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Plate 63.
Ammodytes Tobianus. Common Sand-Lance—upper figure.
Ammodytes Siculus. Sicilian Sand-Lance—lower figure. Modern accepted name (2012) is Gymnammodytes cicerelus.
Date January 1820
Source Zoological Illustrations, Volume I.
Author William Swainson, F.R.S., F.L.S.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoological_Illustrations_Volume_I_Plate_63.jpg

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 long.

Gymnammodytes cicerelus, also known as Mediterranean sand eel, sonso in Catalan, and barrinaire or enfú in Minorca, is a fish in the Ammodytidae family. It is the only species of this family in the Mediterranean Sea.

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