Ammodytoides kimurai, a New Species of Sand Lance (Ammodytidae) from the Ogasawara Islands

Abstract

An ammodytid fish, Amrnodytoides kimurai, is described from six specimens collected in 15m in the Ogasawara Islands. It is distinctive in having 48-49 dorsal fin rays, 23-24 anal fin rays, 14-15 pectoral fin rays, 104-110 lateral-line scales, no small scales dorsally on opercle, 6+21-23 gill rakers, 59-61 vertebrae, the suborbital sensory canal interrupted, and dark pigment centrally on the caudal fin.