Pacific sand lance

Ammodytes personatus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5–61 m
Water temperature5–20 °C
Best monthsJune
How commonCommon

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 4 records
March: 4 records
April: 17 records
May: 2,177 records
June: 3,966 records
July: 874 records
August: 33 records
September: 12 records
October: 6 records
November: 2 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–61 m · Deepest record: 271.5 m

0–10 m: 623 records
10–20 m: 102 records
20–30 m: 1,146 records
30–40 m: 1,121 records
40–50 m: 379 records
50–60 m: 477 records
60–70 m: 351 records
70–80 m: 35 records
80–90 m: 44 records
90–100 m: 32 records
100–110 m: 43 records
110+ m: 71 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 5–20 °C

4–6 °C: 3 records
6–8 °C: 32 records
8–10 °C: 635 records
10–12 °C: 165 records
12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Pacific sand lance

Names in 3 more languages

French: lançon du Pacifique
Japanese: イカナゴ
Korean: 까나리

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
7,965 open-data records from 1890 to 2024.

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