Common Name
Caribbean Sand Lance
Year Described
Robins & Böhlke, 1970
Identification
Dorsal Fin: 44-45
Anal Fin: 17
Pectoral Fin: 15
Pelvic Fin: I, 5
Gill Rakers: 31
Branchiostegal Rays: 7
Vertebrae: 32-33 precaudal, 25 caudal; 57-58 total
Color
Unknown in life: most likely silvery
Size
Adults from 99-115mm SL.
Habitat
Only known specimens collected at 187m over soft bottom.
Range
Caribbean Sea: Only known from off St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles.
References
Robins, C.R. and J.E. Böhlke 1970. The first Atlantic Species of the Ammodytid fish Genus Embolichthys. Notulae Naturae, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 450: 1-11.
Robins, C.R. 2002. Ammodytidae (pp 1745). In: Carpenter. 2002. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and sea mammals. FAO Species Identification Guides for Fisheries Purposes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.