Gonorynchus - Beaked Salmons
Classification
Genus:
Gonorynchus - Beaked Salmons
Family: Gonorynchidae - Beaked Salmons
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Gonorynchus is a genus of long thin gonorynchiform ray-finned fish, commonly called beaked salmon or beaked sandfish that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines. There are five known extant species which are placed in this genus. All have a distinctive angular snout (hence the name) that the fish use to dig themselves into the sand.