different between bandfish vs sandfish

English

Etymology

band +? fish

Noun

bandfish (plural bandfishes or bandfish)

1. Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae

Derived terms

• red bandfish

English

Etymology

sand +? fish

Noun

sandfish (plural sandfishes or sandfish)

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

Derived terms

• belted sandfish (Serranus subligarius in family Serranidae)
• broad sandfish (Enigmapercis reducta)
• clanwilliam sandfish (Labeo seeberi in family Cyprinidae)
• Japanese sandfish (Trichodon trichodon)
• obtuse sandfish (Squamicreedia obtusa)
• Pacific sandfish (Trichodon trichodon)
• sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus)
• southern sandfish (family Leptoscopidae)

References

• sandfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia