Gymnammodytes cicerelus

Gymnammodytes cicerelus, also known as Mediterranean sand eel, sonso[3] in Catalan, and barrinaire or enfú in Menorca,[4] is a fish in the family Ammodytidae. It is the only species of this family in the Mediterranean Sea.[5] It is a species from the family Ammodytidae, the sandlances or sandeels.

Gymnammodytes cicerelus
School of Gymnammodytes cicerellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Ammodytidae
Genus: Gymnammodytes
Species:
G. cicerelus
Binomial name
Gymnammodytes cicerelus
Synonyms
  • Ammodytes argenteus Risso, 1827
  • Ammodytes cicerelus Rafinesque, 1810
  • Ammodytes siculus Swainson, 1839
  • Ammodytes terebrans Cisternas, 1875
  • Ammodytes tobianus Risso, 1810 non Linnaeus, 1758

It is found over sandy or gravelly substrates in the east-central Atlantic from Portugal to Senegal, including the Canary Islands and the Cape Verde Islands, and into the Mediterranean Sea and eastwards into the Black Sea.[5]

Its maximum size is 17 cm. It is highly appreciated as food in certain areas of Italy, as well as in Catalan cuisine where it is fried after being lightly coated in batter.

References
  1. Iwamoto, T.; Yokes, B.; Pollard, D.A.; et al. (2015). "Gymnammodytes cicerelus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198630A15534027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198630A15534027.en.
  2. BioLib
  3. Sonso - Departament d'Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural
  4. Mas Ferrà, Xavier i Canyelles Ferrà, Xavier: Peixos de les Illes Balears. Editorial Moll, Palma de Mallorca, 2000. Manuals d'introducció a la naturalesa, 13. ISBN 84-273-6013-4. Planes 213-214.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Gymnammodytes cicerelus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  • Rafinesque, C. S. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. 1810. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Caratteri. Pls. 1-20.
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