sandfish

sandfish
/sand"fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) sandfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) sandfishes.
1. either of two scaleless fishes of the family Trichodontidae, of the North Pacific, that live in sand or mud.
2. Also called beaked salmon. a fish, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, inhabiting the sandy areas of the western Pacific and Indian oceans, having an angular snout with which it burrows into the sand.
[1895-1900; SAND + FISH]

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fish
      any of several unrelated marine fishes found along sandy shores. Sandfishes, or beaked salmon, of the species Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus (family Gonorhynchidae) live in shallow to deep Indo-Pacific waters and can burrow rapidly in sand. They are slender fishes up to 37.5 cm (15 inches) long and have pointed snouts; the mouth, preceded by a whiskerlike barbel, is underneath. These sandfishes are considered a delicacy in some areas.

      The small, scaleless northern Pacific sandfishes of the family Trichodontidae (order Perciformes) have vertical mouths and fringed lips. Often, they lie partly buried. There are two genera, Trichodon and Arctoscopus; members of the latter genus are eaten in Japan.

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