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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Ammodytes hexapterus

Pacific sand lance

WoRMS 254510ITIS 171672GBIF 2389995key worms:254510
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2026-08-05: itis_id 171672 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Ammodytes tobianus
Pacific sand lance30 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) burrowing into the sand
Photo · Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC · Public domain · commons

Ammodytes hexapterus, the Pacific sand lance, is a small, planktivorous, saltwater fish found across the North Pacific. This tiny fish is a member of the Ammodytidae family, or sand lances.W CalCOFI holds 16 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2004 and 2011, as larva.R

16
observations
16
records
16
sampling events
2004–2011
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 16 obs · 16 events · 2004–2011 · larva
    name used: Ammodytes hexapterus Pacific sand lance · code 881

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:254510%22