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Ammodytes personatus

Girard, 1856

Palefin Sand Lance

GNRUnranked Found in 16 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1231468
Element CodeAFCS601040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderLabriformes
FamilyAmmodytidae
GenusAmmodytes
Other Common Names
Pacific Sand Lance (EN)
Concept Reference
Orr, J.W., S. Wildes, Y. Kai, N. Raring, T. Nakabo, O. Katugin and J. Guyon. 2015. Systematics of North Pacific sand lances of the genus Ammodytes based on molecular and morphological evidence, with the description of a new species from Japan. Fishery Bulletin 113(2): 129-156.
Taxonomic Comments
Molecular and morphological data of sand lances found in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas confirm the presence of four species of Ammodytes in the North Pacific, with two occurring in North American waters, A. hexapterus and A. personatus (Orr et al. 2015). The authors also designated neotypes for both species and proposed the common name Arctic Sand Lance for A. hexapterus and Pacific Sand Lance for A. personatus to more accurately reflect the species' distributions.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
CanadaN5
Roadless Areas (16)
Alaska (14)
AreaForestAcres
Behm IslandsTongass National Forest4,777
ChichagofTongass National Forest555,858
Chilkat-West Lynn CanalTongass National Forest199,772
KekuTongass National Forest10,869
Kenai MountainsChugach National Forest306,600
Mansfield PeninsulaTongass National Forest54,991
Nellie JuanChugach National Forest713,697
North RevillaTongass National Forest215,430
RhineTongass National Forest23,010
SecurityTongass National Forest31,428
Sitka SoundTongass National Forest13,459
South KruzofTongass National Forest55,193
Tenakee RidgeTongass National Forest20,527
Twenty MileChugach National Forest198,775
Oregon (2)
AreaForestAcres
TahkenitchSiuslaw National Forest5,799
Umpqua SpitSiuslaw National Forest2,090
References (2)
  1. Orr, J.W., S. Wildes, Y. Kai, N. Raring, T. Nakabo, O. Katugin and J. Guyon. 2015. Systematics of North Pacific sand lances of the genus <i>Ammodytes</i> based on molecular and morphological evidence, with the description of a new species from Japan. Fishery Bulletin 113(2): 129-156.
  2. Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.