Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ammodytoides gilli
lanceta de arena plateado, peón panámico, lanceta de arena plateado., Gill's sand lance, silver sand lance
Size> Reaches maximum lengths of 10 cm
Habitat: Rare in the Archipelago, restricted to sandy beaches; Punta Espinoza and Floreana
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Ammodytidae
Genus
Ammodytoides
Species
gilli
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Restricted to the eastern tropical Pacific; disjunct populations known from Cabo San Luis, Baja California, and Galapagos.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Froese, R. Pauly, D. (eds.) (2010) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ammodytoides gilli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13992. Accessed 31 October 2026.