Great sandeel
📖 Overview
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. Used mainly for fishmeal and oil, but also utilized fresh and pan-fried for human consumption .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Tip of pectoral fin reaches the front end of the dorsal fin. Dark spot on each side of the snout. Two pointed teeth in the palate. Upper jaw not protractile .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Great sandeel is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous ; depth range 6 - 30 m . Temperate; 80°N - 37°N, 25°W - 36°E Northeast Atlantic: Murman and Spitzbergen to Portugal, including Iceland and much of the Baltic.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Great sand eel · Great sand-eel, Greater Sandeel · Great sandeel · Greater Sand-eel · Greater sandeel · Launce · greater sand eel |
| 🌍BRE | talareg bras |
| 🌍CYM | Llymrïaid Mawr · llymrïen fawr |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Plettet tobiskonge · Tobiskonge |
| 🇩🇪German | Grosser Sandaal · Großer Tobiasfisch · Sandaal · Sandspierling · Tobis |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Isotuulenkala |
| 🇫🇷French | Lançon commun · cicerelle · grand lançon · lançon |
| 🌍ISL | Sandsíli · Trönusíli |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Cicerello |
| 🌍LAV | Nigliņš |
| 🌍LIT | didysis tobis |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Smelt · Zandspiering |
| 🌍NNO | storsil · blåsil |
| 🌍NOB | blåsil · storsil |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Storsil · Stortobis · Tobis siler |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Dobijak |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Frachao · Galeota · Galeota-maior · Geleota · Sandilho |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Широкая большая песчанка |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Lanzon · Pión · Plón |
| 🌍SRP | Hujka |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Tobis · Tobiskung |
| 🌍TUR | Kum · Kum balígi |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammodytes lancelotus | Le Sauvage | 1824 | Synonym |
| Ammodytes lanceolatus | Le Sauvage | 1824 | Synonym |
| Hyperoplus lancelotus | Le Sauvage | 1824 | Synonym |
| Hyperoplus lanceolatus | Nolf | 1978 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 23 records indexed .
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