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
Ammodytes hexapterus
A common tern with a sand lance, Biddeford Pool, ME - August 2013
Ammodytes americanus
Sand eel
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Sand eel or sandeel is the common name used for a considerable number of species of fish. While they are not true eels, they are eel-like in their appearance and can grow up to 30 cm in length. Many s
Sand lance
…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 variant name is launce, and all names of the fish are references to its slender body and pointed…
An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) with its beak full of sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus)