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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=312&amp;speccode=3821'>Pauly, D.0 A preliminary compilation of fish length growth parameters. Ber. Inst. Meereskd. Christian-Albrechts-Univ. Kiel (55):1-200. (Ref. 312)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=723&amp;speccode=3821'>Scott, J.S.0 Morphometrics, distribution, growth and maturity of offshore sand lance (&lt;i&gt;Ammodytes dubius&lt;/i&gt;) on the Nova Scotia Banks. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 25(9):1775-1785. (Ref. 723)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='0-913235-69-5 (pbk).' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3814&amp;speccode=3821'>Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4511&amp;speccode=3821'>Gunderson, D.R. and P.H. Dygert0 Reproductive effort as a predictor of natural mortality rate. J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer. 44:200-209. (Ref. 4511)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4926&amp;speccode=3821'>Leim, A.H. and W.B. Scott0 Fishes of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. (155):485 p. (Ref. 4926)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5760&amp;speccode=3821'>Erzini, K.0 A compilation of data on variability in length-age in marine fishes. Fisheries Stock Assessment, Title XII, Collaborative Research Support Program, University of Rhode Island. Working paper 77, 36p. (Ref. 5760)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27880&amp;speccode=3821'>Jensen, A.S.0 Contributions to the ichthyofauna of Greenland, 1-3. p. 1-44. In Skrifter udgivet af Universitetets zoologiske Museum København. II. (Ref. 27880)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57357&amp;speccode=3821'>Ocean Biogeographic Information System0 &lt;i&gt;Ammodytes dubius&lt;/i&gt; Data Extent Map (from OBIS Australia/ C Square Mapper). (data sourced from Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America (OBIS Canada), Gulf of Maine Bottom Trawl Survey Data (NEFSC,NMFS,NOAA) (USOBIS), SAM Ichthyology (OZCAM), Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada), Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area (EUROBIS), DFO Scotian Summer Research Trawl Survey Canadian Museum of Nature-Fish Collection (OBIS Canada), FishBase DiGIR Provider-Philippine Server, Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada), ECNASAP-East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (OBIS Canada)). Retrieved August 31, 2006 at www.iobis.org. (Ref. 57357)</reference>
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	<dc:title>Importance</dc:title>
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	<dc:source>http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3821</dc:source>
	<subject>http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats</subject>
	<dc:description>fisheries: of potential interest</dc:description>
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	<dc:identifier>FB-LifeCycle-3821</dc:identifier>
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	<agent homepage='' logoURL='' role='recorder'>Susan M. Luna</agent>
	<dcterms:created>1991-05-01 00:00:00</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2013-07-18 00:00:00</dcterms:modified>
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	<audience>General public</audience>
	<dc:source>http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=3821&amp;StockCode=4017</dc:source>
	<subject>http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat</subject>
	<dc:description>Oviparous (Ref. 101747).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=101747&amp;speccode=3821'>Watson, W. 1996 Ammodytidae: Sandlances. p. 1138-1139. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505p. (Ref. 101747)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<agent homepage='' logoURL='' role='recorder'>Lilibeth Miranda</agent>
	<dcterms:created>2001-06-22 00:00:00</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2014-02-05 00:00:00</dcterms:modified>
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	<dcterms:rightsHolder> FAO</dcterms:rightsHolder>
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	<audience>General public</audience>
	<dc:source>dubius</dc:source>
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	<dc:description>Occurs farther offshore in salinities of 30-36 ppt. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.  Semi-demersal (Ref. 94884). Benthic; feeds on crustaceans and worms (Ref. 58426).  Preyed upon by Atlantic cod, haddock, pollock, plaice, yellowtail flounder, seabirds, puffins and harbor seals.  Parasites of the species include trematodes, Branchyphallus crenatus, Derogenes varicus and Lecithaster gibbosus; cestodes Bothriocephalus scorpii; a tetraphyllid larva; and a nematode Thynnascaris (Contracaecum) adunca (Ref. 5951).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37512&amp;speccode=3821'>Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein 2000 Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p. (Ref. 37512)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
	<dc:identifier>FB-Size-3821</dc:identifier>
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	<agent homepage='http://www.fishbase.de/rfroese' logoURL='' role='recorder'>Rainer Froese</agent>
	<dcterms:created>1991-05-01 00:00:00</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2013-07-18 00:00:00</dcterms:modified>
	<dc:title>Max. size</dc:title>
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	<dcterms:rightsHolder> FAO</dcterms:rightsHolder>
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	<audience>General public</audience>
	<dc:source>http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3821</dc:source>
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	<dc:description>25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251))</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7251&amp;speccode=3821'>Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<agent homepage='' logoURL='' role='recorder'>Belen Acosta</agent>
	<dcterms:created>1990-10-18 00:00:00</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-03-07 00:00:00</dcterms:modified>
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	<dc:source>http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2</dc:source>
	<subject>http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription</subject>
	<dc:description>Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073'>IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
	<dc:identifier>FB-Habitat-3821</dc:identifier>
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	<agent homepage='http://www.fishbase.de/rfroese' logoURL='' role='recorder'>Rainer Froese</agent>
	<dcterms:created>1991-05-01 00:00:00</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2013-07-18 00:00:00</dcterms:modified>
	<dc:title>Environment</dc:title>
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	<dc:source>http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3821</dc:source>
	<dc:description>demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 108 m (Ref. 58426)</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58426&amp;speccode=3821'>Coad, B.W. and J.D. Reist 2004 Annotated list of the arctic marine fishes of Canada. Can. MS Rep. Fish Aquat. Sci. 2674:iv:+112 p. (Ref. 58426)</reference></dataObject>
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