Protammodytes

Protammodytes is a genus of sand lances found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Protammodytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Protammodytes
H. Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit, 1994

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

  • Protammodytes brachistos H. Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit, 1994
  • Protammodytes sarisa C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1970
  • Protammodytes ventrolineatus J. E. Randall & H. Ida, 2014 [1]

References

  1. Randall, J.E. & Ida, H. (2014): Three new species of sand lances (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the southwest Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 12: 1-11.


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