Sand Lance (Noun)
Meaning
Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- A sand_lance fish suddenly darts away into the nearby coral reef to hide from predators.
- Researchers identified that juvenile sand_lance is heavily relied upon as an important prey base by large species such as salmon, seals and porpoises.
- Studies also documented in beach ecosystem changes since historical catches depleting vast number of the native population sand_lance species.
- Unfavorable sediment conditions influence feeding success of larvae of sand_lance inhabiting benthic sandy areas where juvenile sand_lance live and grow.
- When sand_lance were found concentrated near surface waters under rich copepod numbers, even small boats may employ trawling vessels with few nets.