sandfish

noun (plural same or sandfishes)

• 1a small marine fish with fringed lips, which burrows in the sand, in particular:

  • an elongated Australian fish (Crapatulus arenarius, family Leptoscopidae). a North Pacific fish (Trichodon trichodon, family Trichodontidae).

• 2 (belted sandfish) a small sea bass which lives only in shallow inshore waters around Florida.

  • Serranus subligarius, family Serranidae