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Raitt's Sand Lance

Ammodytes marinus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) amybioblitzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

5 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,575, February 1,163, March 1,822, April 2,866, May 4,133, June 4,507, July 4,823, August 4,147, September 3,045, October 2,273, November 1,242, December 971.
United States32,566
Alaska32,566
Norway2
United Kingdom1
England1
Netherlands1
Noord-Holland1
Agder1
Troms og Finnmark1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderWrasses and allies · Labriformes
FamilySand Lances · Ammodytidae
GenusAmmodytes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Raitt's Sand Lance with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.