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Definition of Gonorhynchus
1. Noun. Slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Gonorhynchidae, Gonorhynchidae
Member holonyms: Beaked Salmon, Gonorhynchus Gonorhynchus, Sandfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonorhynchus
Literary usage of 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)
"Cape of Good Hope; Australian and Japanese seas. 1. Gonorhynchus greyi fig. ...
Gonorhynchus abbreviatus ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... 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. ..."
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