sandfish

A noun referring to a type of fish that burrows into sand, found in the northern Pacific or in sandy areas of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

• 🇩🇪Sammelbezeichnung für verschiedene Fischarten, die sich in sandige Meeresböden eingraben, darunter der Pazifische Sandfisch (Trichodon trichodon) im Nordpazifik und Arten der Gattung Sillago in den sandigen Küstengewässern des westlichen Pazifiks und Indischen Ozeans.

1. Pacific sandfish C1 formal scientific

   Either of two small, silvery, scaleless fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean that are known for burrowing into sand.

   • The Pacific sandfish is rarely seen because it quickly buries itself in the seabed.
   • Fishermen sometimes catch sandfish while trawling along sandy shores.
   • The silvery scales of the sandfish help it blend into the sandy ocean floor.

   🇩🇪Pazifischer Sandfisch

2. Angular sandfish C1 formal scientific

   A fish found in sandy areas of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, characterized by an angular snout used for burrowing into sand.

   • The angular sandfish uses its pointed snout to dig rapidly into the sand.
   • Divers often spot sandfish near coral reefs in the Indian Ocean.
   • This species of sandfish is well adapted to life on the sandy seabed.

   🇩🇪Winkel-Sandfisch

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