206 SAND LAUNCE. Class IV. 



GENUS XVIII. LAUNCE. 



Head slender. 



Body long and square. 



Lip upper, doubled in. 



Fin dorsal and anal, reaching almost to the 



tail. 

 Rays branchiostegous, seven. 



1. Sand. Ammodytes piscis, ut nos vo- Amrnodytes Tobianus. Lin. 



cavimus pro anglico Sandilz. Syst. 430. Gm. Lin. 1144. 



Gesner paralip. 3. Tobis. Faun. Suec. 302. Gro- 



Tobian, vel Tobias Sandtspir- nov. Zooph. No. 404. 



ing. Schonevelde, 76. Le Lan?on. Block ichth. iii. 



Ammodytes Gesneri, Wil. 20. tab. 75. 



Ichth. 113. L'Ammodyteappat. DelaCe- 



Sand Eels, or Launces. Rail pede Hist, des Poissons, ii. 



Syn. pise. 38, 165. 274. 

 Ammodytes. Arted. Synon. 2(). 



X HE launce is found on most of our sandy 

 shores during some of the summer months : 

 it conceals itself on the recess of the tides be- 

 neath the sand, in such places where the water 

 is left, at the depth of about a foot, and in 

 some places is dug out, in others drawn up by 

 means of a hook contrived for that purpose. It 

 is commonly used for baits for other fish, but is 

 also very delicate eating. 



