Great sandeel
| Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage, 1824) | ||||
| Family: | Ammodytidae (Sand lances) |
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| Order: | Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Great sandeel | |||
| Distribution: | Northeast Atlantic: Murman and Spitzbergen to Portugal, including Iceland and much of the Baltic. | |||
| Adult biology: | Inshore, including the inter-tidal zone and estuaries, and offshore to about 60 m depth. Commonly associated with Ammodytes species. Feeds initially on zooplankton, later small fish (clupeids and ammodytids) dominate the diet. Summer batch spawner. Used mainly for fishmeal and oil, but also utilized fresh and pan-fried for human consumption (Ref. 9988). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Early forward extension of the dorsal body row of melanophores, eventually right to the head, and presence of ventral gut melanophores. In later stages, the caudal pigmentation is characteristic of the species. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 80°N - 37°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Modified by: Froese, Rainer |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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