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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Any of several small elongate marine teleost fishes of the family Ammodytes (family Ammodytidae) that do not exceed six or eight inches in length, associate in large schools, and remain buried in sandy beaches at ebb tide.

OBS

sand lance: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Key term(s)
  • sile
  • sandeel
  • lance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Pêche commerciale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Poisson à corps allongé de la famille des Ammodytidés qui vit sur les fonds de sable où il s'enfouit.

OBS

lançon : appellation commerciale normalisée par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
  • Pesca comercial
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Reinhardt lant - Sand (DeKay, Ammodytes americanus)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Équille du Labrador - d'Amérique

Spanish

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