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Lance or sand lance, various fish in the family Ammodytidae (sand eels).

Writers from Guangzhou A sand lance or sandlance is a fish belonging to the family Ammodytidae.

Several species of sand lances are commonly known as "sand eels", though they are not related to true eels.

The family name (and genus name, Ammodytes) means "sand burrower", which describes the sand lance's habit of burrowing into sand to avoid tidal currents.

As adults, sand lances are harvested commercially in some areas (primarily in Europe), leading to direct human competition with diving birds such as puffins, auks, terns, and cormorants.

Some species are inshore coastal dwellers, and digging for sand lances to use as a bait fish has been a popular pastime in coastal areas of Europe and North America.

The sand lance has lent its name to two submarines of the United States Navy:.