Pacific Sand Lance 2

Pacific Ocean Babies

Babies of a Pacific Sand Lance
Ammodytes hexapterus (Pallas)

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10 mm size of a Pacific Sand Lance Top, dorsal view; Middle, lateral view; Bottom, ventral view.	11 mm size of a Pacific Sand Lance Top, dorsal view; Middle, lateral view; Bottom, ventral view.

DATA ABOUT SPECIMENS ABOVE

Specimens above caught: 28 February, 1972 .
Collection site: Deer Group, Barkley Sound, Pacific Ocean, British Columbia, Canada.
Collection depth: Daylight, 4m–deep tows in 30m–deep water along Fleming Island.
Collection method: Conical, fine–mesh townet.
Collector: John Dobrocky, Dobrocky Seatech, Ltd., Victoria, BC.
Illustrations above: Copyright, 2000, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Pacific Ocean Babies