Labriformes
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Labriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes within the clade Percomorpha. Some authors include the Labriformes as the clade Labroidei within the Perciformes while others include more families within
Labrus bimaculatus
Uranoscopus scaber
Sand lance
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A sand lance or sandlance is a ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ammodytidae. Several species of sand lances are commonly known as "sand eels", though they are not related to true eels. Another
Labriformes
…cales, and their close relatives, but most recent studies suggest that the Labriformes also contains highly aberrant groups such as the stargazers and sand lances, which are placed in their own suborder. Almost all members of this order are marine, with the only exception being the amphidromous torrentfish of New…
Ammodytes hexapterus
A common tern with a sand lance, Biddeford Pool, ME - August 2013
Ammodytes americanus