Gymnammodytes

Gymnammodytes is a genus of sand lances native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the southwestern Indian Ocean along the coast of Africa.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Gymnammodytes capensis <small>(Barnard, 1927)</small> (Cape sand lance)
• Gymnammodytes cicerelus <small>(Rafinesque, 1810)</small> (Mediterranean sand eel)
• Gymnammodytes semisquamatus <small>(S. Jourdain, 1879)</small> (smooth sand eel)

The only known fossil member of this genus is Gymnammodytes oranensis <small>Carnevale, 2004</small> from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.

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