sandfish
scincus scincus latin
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The name sandfish originated because of its ability to move through sand as if it were swimming.

Adult sandfish usually reach about 8 inches (20 centimeters) in length, including the short tail.

Some of the brown sandfish caught are dried and exported as beche-de-mer, particularly to China.

About twenty other species of sea cucumber are also consumed but the sandfish is the species most often used.

The worm came on like some great sandfish, cresting the surface, its rings rippling and twisting.

The sandfish has developed a peculiar way of dealing with the desert heat: it possesses the ability to dive into the (soft) sand.

Holothuria scabra, or the sandfish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

The Sandfish is an insectivore.

The belted sandfish, Serranus subligarius, is a member of the Serranidae family.

The sandfish is greyish-black on the upper side with dark-coloured wrinkles but paler on the underside.

Friction reduction in Sandfish (in German)

Holothuria spinifera (brown sandfish)

They mainly eat fish and other aquatic animals, particularly sculpins, sandfish (Trichodon), cods, capelin, and crabs.

Gonorynchus moseleyi (Beaked sandfish)

Arctoscopus japonicus (Japanese Sandfish)

Serranus subligarius (Belted sandfish)

Reptiles in the region include the Sandfish (Scincus scincus) and the dob (Uromastyx).

The Sandfish (Scincus scincus) is a species of skink that burrows into the sand and swims through it.

Trichodon trichodon (Pacific Sandfish)

The Clanwilliam Sandfish or Labeo seeberi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.

The beaked salmon (also beaked sandfish) are a type of long thin gonorynchiform ray-finned fish that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines.

The estuary stargazer, Leptoscopus macropygus, is a southern sandfish of the family Leptoscopidae, the only member of the genus Leptoscopus.

The entrants compete for bragging rights with various pickles, such as sushi rice with pickled radish and sake lees, the locally produced salmon and sandfish.

The slender stargazer, Crapatalus angusticeps, is a southern sandfish of the family Leptoscopidae, found around New Zealand at depths of between a few metres and 60 m.

In a research study undertaken in 2010, 23 sea cucumbers known as brown sandfish (Holothuria spinifera) were gathered from shallow waters in Nha Trang Bay in Vietnam.

Reptiles in the region include the Sandfish (Scincus scincus) and the dob (Uromastyx).

The Sandfish (Scincus scincus) is a species of skink that burrows into the sand and swims through it.

Choleoeimeria riyadhae - sandfish (Scincus scincus)