noun

• Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
• Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
• in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
• of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
• of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
• of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
• Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
• sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
• a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.