FB-58279 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58279 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acropomatiformes Malakichthyidae Hemilutjanus Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi, 1846) Pitcairn Sandlance 2001-08-21 2015-10-20 Collette, B.B. and J.E. Randall0 Ammodytoides leptus, a new species of sand lance (Teleostei: Ammodytidae) from Pitcairn Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2):397-400. (Ref. 37585) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Randall, J.E.0 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) Irving, R. and T. Dawson0 Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands. pp. 299-318 In Sheppard, C.R.C. (ed) 2013 Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories, Coral Reefs of the World 4. (Ref. 121527) FB-pic-58285-39597 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif John E. Randall 2004-07-08 2010-07-09 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58285 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Amlep_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Amlep_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-58285 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-21 00:00:00 2001-08-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58285 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution A schooling fish, 25-30 individuals, found over sand with high ripple marks; fast swimmers and capable of rapid changes in direction; swim in perfect unison. Preyed upon by larger pelagic fishes such as Carangoides ferdau and other species of Ammodytoides (Ref. 37585). Collette, B.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 Ammodytoides leptus, a new species of sand lance (Teleostei: Ammodytidae) from Pitcairn Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2):397-400. (Ref. 37585) FB-DiagnosticDescr-58285 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-21 00:00:00 2001-08-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58285 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Body grayish green dorsally; silvery on the sides; iridescent ventrally; hyaline fins, yellowish tail. Pelvic fins absent. Incomplete lateral line (Ref. 37585). Collette, B.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 Ammodytoides leptus, a new species of sand lance (Teleostei: Ammodytidae) from Pitcairn Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2):397-400. (Ref. 37585) FB-Morphology-58285 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-21 00:00:00 2001-08-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58285 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal soft rays (total): 50 - 53; Analsoft rays: 24 - 25; Vertebrae: 61 - 63 Collette, B.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 Ammodytoides leptus, a new species of sand lance (Teleostei: Ammodytidae) from Pitcairn Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2):397-400. (Ref. 37585) FB-Distribution-58285 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-21 00:00:00 2020-01-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58285 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Eastern Central Pacific: Endemic to Pitcairn. Collette, B.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 Ammodytoides leptus, a new species of sand lance (Teleostei: Ammodytidae) from Pitcairn Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2):397-400. (Ref. 37585) FB-Size-58285 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-21 00:00:00 2001-08-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58285 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 12.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 37585)) Collette, B.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 Ammodytoides leptus, a new species of sand lance (Teleostei: Ammodytidae) from Pitcairn Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2):397-400. (Ref. 37585) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-58285 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2001-08-21 00:00:00 2001-08-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58285 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; marine; depth range 10 - 99 m (Ref. 37585) Collette, B.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 Ammodytoides leptus, a new species of sand lance (Teleostei: Ammodytidae) from Pitcairn Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2):397-400. (Ref. 37585)