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Jul 02, 2012
Ammodytes hexapterus
A small coastal forage fish with an elongate, compressed body. Metallic blue dorsally and silver ventrally, this fish routinely burrows into several centimeters of sand or gravel substrate. Identifiable features include absence of teeth and swim bladder, deeply forked caudal fin, lateral line high on the body, small cycloid scales and long, slender gill rakers. This species has a single dorsal f...

