Ammodytidae (Sand lances) |
17.3 cm SL (male/unsexed); 14.2 cm SL (female) |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 7 - 120 m |
Eastern Central Pacific: Molakai to the Ladd Seamount, Hawaii. |
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Loose aggregation feeds on zooplankton as much as 5 meters above the sandy bottom. Highly protrusible premaxilla facilitates feeding on small animals of the zooplankton (Ref. 10672). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Known from Maui to Nero Seamount at 7-220 m (Ref. 58302). Museum: off power station, Kahe Pt., Oahu, BPBM 33923 (holotype, 14.2 cm SL, female) (Ref, 10672). Also Ref. 37585, 39393. Also in Ref. 122680. |
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