Species Detail - Lesser Sand-eel (Ammodytes tobianus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Ammodytes tobianus
Lesser Sand-eel
NBNSYS0000173711 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
amtob
Linnaeus, 1758
Bony fish (Actinopterygii)
Species
35
17
13
03/02/2012
25/06/2024
25 January (recorded in 2015)
23 November (recorded in 2015)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Sand-eel (Ammodytes tobianus), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/13175

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)