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Sand lance

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 variant name is launce, and all names of the fish are references to its slender body and pointed snout. The family name (and genus name, Ammodytes) means…

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Ray-finned fishSand eelsTrue eelsAmmodytesNorth Pacific
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Sand lance

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Triples21
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
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Sand lance

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Sand lance → Balao-class, SS-381, SSN-660, Sturgeon-class, The, United States Navy, USS Sand Lance
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Sand lance → Sand, Superficially, These
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Sand lance → Fisheries, Oceans Canada

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sand lances fish species lance areas family ammodytes name larval commonly true names habit north atlantic adults primarily commercially europe

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the northwest Atlanticinstance ofLarval forms of this fish are perhaps the most abundant of all fish larvae in areas0.80text
serving as a major food item for codinstance ofLarval forms of this fish are perhaps the most abundant of all fish larvae in areas0.80text
salmoninstance ofLarval forms of this fish are perhaps the most abundant of all fish larvae in areas0.80text
whalesinstance ofLarval forms of this fish are perhaps the most abundant of all fish larvae in areas0.80text
other commercially important speciesinstance ofLarval forms of this fish are perhaps the most abundant of all fish larvae in areas0.80text
puffinsinstance ofleading to direct human competition with diving birds0.80text
auksinstance ofleading to direct human competition with diving birds0.80text
ternsinstance ofleading to direct human competition with diving birds0.80text
and cormorantsinstance ofleading to direct human competition with diving birds0.80text
Sand lancerelated to Convergent evolutionSand0.60section
Sand lancerelated to Convergent evolutionThese0.60section
Sand lancerelated to Convergent evolutionSuperficially0.60section

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