Definition of Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus

1. Noun. Fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand.

Exact synonyms: Beaked Salmon, Sandfish
Generic synonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish
Group relationships: Genus Gonorhynchus, Gonorhynchus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonorhynchus Gonorhynchus

Gondi
Gondwana
Gondwanaland
Gondwanalandic
Gongora
Gongorism
Gongorist
Gongylonema
Gongylonema ingluvicola
Gongylonema neoplasticum
Gongylonema pulchrum
Goniopteris
Gonne
Gonorhynchidae
Gonorhynchus
Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus
Gonyaulax catanella
Good Book
Good Friday
Good Fridays
Good King Henry
Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan law
Good Samaritan laws
Good Samaritans
Good Shepherd
Good Thing
Goodall
Goodell's dilator

Literary usage of Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1868)
"Gill-openings narrow. Southern temperate parts of the Atlantic and Pacific; Japan. Only one genus is known. 1. GONORHYNCHUS. Gonorhynchus ..."

2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... occurs in Japan, and gonorhynchus gonorhynchus is found in Australia and about the Cape of Good Hope. Numerous fossil species occur. ..."

3. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"BEAKED SALMON (gonorhynchus gonorhynchus). snout, on the under side of which, and almost beneath the anterior half of the large eyes is the small mouth. ..."

4. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1903)
"The Japanese species seems to differ from that of the Australian seas (Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus = G. gronovii = G. greyi=G. ..."

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