Hyperoplus lanceolatus Great sandeel

Hyperoplus lanceolatusis commonly referred to as Great sandeel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Rudolf Svensen, Norwegen

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lexID:: 5034
AphiaID:: 126756

Scientific:: Hyperoplus lanceolatus
German:: Gefleckter Großer Sandaal
English:: Great Sandeel

Category:: Sand eels

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ammodytidae (Family) > Hyperoplus (Genus) > lanceolatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Le Sauvage, ), 1824

Occurrence:: Russland, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, European Coasts, Iceland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Isle of Man
Size:: 7.87" - 15.75" (20cm - 40cm)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Hyperoplus immaculatus
Hyperoplus lanceolatus
Gefleckter Großer Sandaal

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-16 22:45:51
Last edit:: 2013-01-16 22:45:51

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(Le Sauvage, 1824)

Distributon:
Northeast Atlantic: Murman and Spitzbergen to Portugal, including Iceland and much of the Baltic.

Biology:
Inshore, including the inter-tidal zone and estuaries, and offshore to about 60 m depth. Commonly associated with Ammodytes species.
Feeds initially on zooplankton, later small fish (clupeids and ammodytids) dominate the diet. Summer batch spawner.

Synonyms:
Ammodytes lanceolatus Le Sauvage, 1824 (new combination)

Scientific paper

Redescription of Glugea caulleryi, a microsporidian parasite of the greater sand-eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage), (Teleostei: Ammodytidae), as Microgemma caulleryi comb. nov., J. Leiro; A. Paramá; M. Ortega; M. T. Santamarina; M. L. Sanmartín, 1999
Greater Sand Eel Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Les Sauvage), , 1994
Reflective Communication between Fish, with Special Reference to the Greater Sand Eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus, E. J. Denton and D. M. Rowe, 1994

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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