Beaked salmon

Gonorynchus gonorynchus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth75–210 m
Water temperature9–27 °C
Best monthsApril and September
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Gonorynchus gonorynchus is a species of fish in the family Gonorynchidae, found on temperate continental shelves worldwide. Common names for this fish include mousefish, ratfish, sandfish, and sand eel.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gonorynchus gonorynchus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 28 records
February: 6 records
March: 20 records
April: 309 records
May: 212 records
June: 136 records
July: 15 records
August: 12 records
September: 357 records
October: 79 records
November: 8 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 75–210 m · Deepest record: 810 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 6 records
50–60 m: 9 records
60–70 m: 24 records
70–80 m: 33 records
80–90 m: 77 records
90–100 m: 43 records
100–110 m: 91 records
110+ m: 327 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–27 °C

8–10 °C: 8 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 7 records
16–18 °C: 39 records
18–20 °C: 737 records
20–22 °C: 94 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 5 records
26–28 °C: 4 records

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Names and classification

English: Beaked salmon, Beaked Sandfish, Mousefish, Ratfish, Sancord, Sand eel, Sandfish, South African Beaked Sandfish

Names in 1 more languages

French: Caduchon

Other scientific names: Cobitis gonorynchus, Cyprinus gonorynchus, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, Gonorhynchus gronovii

Similar species

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,198 open-data records from 1766 to 2009.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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