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sand eel| Small, carnivorous fish found near the coasts of temperate seas of the northern hemisphere. Their bodies are covered with small scales, the swimbladder is absent, and they have long, sharply pointed snouts with which they bury themselves in the sand. |
Classification Sand eels are in genus Ammodytes in the family Ammodytidae, belonging to the order Perciformes, class Osteichthyes. |
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