Gonorynchus gonorynchus
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Gonorynchus gonorynchus is a beaked salmon
of the family
Gonorynchidae, found on temperate continental shelves worldwide. Vernacular names for this fish include mousefish, ratfish, sandfish and sand eel.
Beaked salmon
The beaked salmon are a type of long thin gonorynchiform ray-finned fish that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines. The approximately five known species are all in the single genus Gonorynchus of the family Gonorynchidae...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Gonorynchidae, found on temperate continental shelves worldwide. Vernacular names for this fish include mousefish, ratfish, sandfish and sand eel.