Ammodytoides

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Trachinoidei

Familia: Ammodytidae
Genus: Ammodytoides
Species: A. gilli – A. idai – A. kanazawai – A. kimurai – A. leptus – A. praematura – A. pylei – A. renniei – A. vagus – A. xanthops
Name

Ammodytoides Duncker & Mohr, 1939

Type species: Bleekeria vaga McCulloch & Waite, 1916

Vernacular names
English: Sandlancer
References

Duncker, G. & Mohr, E.; 1939: Revision der Ammodytidae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 24 (1): 8–31.
Ammodytoides and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Ammodytoides is a genus of sand lances native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

Ammodytoides gilli (T. H. Bean, 1895) (Gill's sand lance)
Ammodytoides idai J. E. Randall & Earle, 2008
Ammodytoides kanazawai Shibukawa & H. Ida, 2013[2]
Ammodytoides kimurai H. Ida & J. E. Randall, 1993
Ammodytoides leptus Collette & J. E. Randall, 2000 (Pitcairn Sandlance)
Ammodytoides praematura J. E. Randall & Earle, 2008
Ammodytoides pylei J. E. Randall, H. Ida & Earle, 1994 (Pyle's sand lance)
Ammodytoides renniei (J. L. B. Smith, 1957) (Scaly sandlance)
Ammodytoides vagus (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)
Ammodytoides xanthops J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2008 (Yellow face sandlance)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Ammodytoides in FishBase. February 2013 version.
Shibukawa, K. & Ida, H. (2013): Ammodytoides kanazawai, a New Species of Sand Lance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 25–30.