| Ammodytoides | |
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| Ammodytoides vagus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Ammodytidae |
| Genus: | Ammodytoides Duncker & Mohr, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Bleekeria vaga McCulloch & Waite, 1916 | |
Ammodytoides is a genus of sand lances native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: [1] [2]
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Plectranthias is a genus of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Anthiinae, part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Synodus is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Eviota is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, commonly as dwarfgobies found in the Indo-Pacific region, where it is distributed from Japan to Australia and from Africa to Pitcairn Island. Species are mainly associated with coral reefs. Many of these fish are short-lived, with life cycles as brief as 3.5 weeks in the tropics. Some species are hermaphrodites and some representatives live symbiotically among the tentacles of the mushroom coral.
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