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Arctic Sand Lance

Ammodytes hexapterus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 464, February 343, March 537, April 845, May 1,218, June 1,329, July 1,422, August 1,223, September 898, October 670, November 366, December 286.
United States9,970
Alaska9,601
Canada1,056
British Columbia523
Washington267
Quebec109
Manitoba71
California47
New Brunswick35
Ontario32

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

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