Trachiniformes
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Trachiniformes is an order of percomorph bony fish, whose contents are traditionally placed in suborder Trachinoidei of Perciformes.
Trachinus araneus Sardegna 2
Ikanago
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
Trachiniformes
…The following families make up the Trachiniformes: (with respectively belonging taxa following the molecular phylogenies) Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1832 - sandeels or sandlances (considered as part of Uranoscopiformes). †Callipterygidae Jordan, 1905 (fossil; Eocene of Italy…
Ammodytes hexapterus
A common tern with a sand lance, Biddeford Pool, ME - August 2013
Ammodytes americanus