# Ammodytes

Ammodytes és un gènere de peixos pertanyent a la família dels ammodítids.

## Depredadors

Hom creu que Ammodytes americanus és depredat pel rorqual comú (Balaenoptera physalus) i la balena amb gep (Megaptera novaeangliae).

## Taxonomia

* Ammodytes americanus (DeKay, 1842)
* Ammodytes dubius (Reinhardt, 1837)
* Ammodytes hexapterus (Pallas, 1814)
* Ammodytes marinus (Raitt, 1934)
* Ammodytes personatus (Girard, 1856)
* Ammodytes tobianus (Linnaeus, 1758)

## Referències

* ↑ Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. (1-4), 1-824. Holmiæ. (Salvius). «Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum: Seitenansicht». [Consulta: 26 juliol 2012].
* ↑ uBio (anglès)
* ↑ The Taxonomicon (anglès)
* ↑ Overholtz, W.J. i J.R. Nicolas, 1979. Apparent feeding by the fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, and humpback whale, Megaptera novaengliae, on the American sand lance, Ammodytes americanus, in the northwest Atlantic. Fish. Bull. 77(1):285-287.
* ↑ DeKay, J. E., 1842. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York). Zool. Nova York: i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79.
* ↑ Reinhardt, J. C. H., 1837. Ichthyologiske bidrag til den Grönlandske fauna (Ichthyological contributions to the fauna of Greenland). Indledning, indeholdende tillaeg og forandringer i den fabriciske fortegnelse paa Grönlandske hvirveldyr. Kgl. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Natur. Math. Afhandl. v. 7: 83-196, Pls. 1-8.
* ↑ Pallas, P. S., 1814. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum. 3 vols. (1811-1814). Petropoli. Zool. Rosso-Asiatica v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
* ↑ Raitt, D. S., 1934. A preliminary account of the sandeels of Scottish waters. J. Conseil v. 9: 365-372.
* ↑ Girard, C. F., 1856. Contributions to the ichthyology of the western coast of the United States, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 8: 131-137.
* ↑ BioLib (anglès)
* ↑ AQUATAB
* ↑ Catalogue of Life (anglès)
* ↑ World Register of Marine Species (anglès)
* ↑ FishBase (anglès)
* ↑ UNEP-WCMC Species Database (anglès)

## Bibliografia

* Fritzsche, R.A., 1982. Osteichthyes. A: Parker, S.P., Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2. McGraw-Hill. Nova York: 858-944.
* Nizinski, M.S., B.B. Collette i B.B. Washington, 1990. Separation of two species of sand lances, Ammodytes americanus and Ammodytes dubius, in the western North Atlantic. Fish. Bull. 88:241-255.
* Reay, P.J., 1970. Synopsis of biological data on North Atlantic sandeels of the genus Ammodytes. FAO. Spec. Synop. (82):pag. var.
* Scott, J.S., 1972. Morphological and meristic variation in northwest Atlantic sand lances (Ammodytes). J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 29:1673-1678.