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Ammodytoides kanazawai Shibukawa & Ida, 2013 |
| Family: | Ammodytidae (Sand lances) | |||
| Max. size: | 6.32 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range - 99 m | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: Japan. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 50-50; Anal soft rays: 23-23; Vertebrae: 60-60. This species differs from its congeners in having the following set of characters: dorsal-fin rays 50; anal-fin rays 23; pectoral-fin rays 16; pored lateral-line scales approximately 107-108; gill rakers 5?21; vertebrae 34?26?60; head length 23.7% of SL; operculum scaleless; anterior interorbital pores opening at tip of a short branch of supraorbital canal; supratemporal commissure of lateral canal with 3 pores; numerous fine black dots on dorsal- and anal-fin membranes after the 18th and 3rd rays, respectively (Ref. 93272). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||