Beaked Salmons (Gonorynchus)

General data
- Main name: Beaked Salmons
Classification
- Family: Gonorynchidae - Beaked Salmons
- Order: Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- 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.