Definitions for: Sandfish


[n] fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
[n] either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the north Pacific that burrow into sand



Webster (1913) Definition: Sand"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America
(Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.

Synonyms: beaked salmon, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus

See Also: family Trichodontidae, genus Gonorhynchus, Gonorhynchus, malacopterygian, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, soft-finned fish, Trichodontidae

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