How to Use grunion in a Sentence

grunion

noun
  • For four days after a high tide, grunions surf to shore on breaking waves.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • During grunion spawning season, there is an open season for gathering the fish.
    — Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Here are photos of a recent grunion run at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro.
    — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • The next grunion run is expected to happen in San Pedro on June 16.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • In addition to public safety, monitors will watch for signs of any sea turtles or grunion, the fish that spawn on the sand, during the dredging.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Don’t miss the spectacle of the small, silver fish called grunion laying their eggs in wet sand on the beach during full moons in June through August.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Then there are grunions, sardine-sized fish that leave the water during mating season and lay their eggs in the sand across beaches in California.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
  • Southern California, however, is ground zero for grunion runs.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Whale-watching, grunion-running and tidepool-exploring with the experts at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Monitor local beaches and collect information during grunion runs for this vulnerable species of fish.
    — Lshell, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2018
  • This aquarium, a San Pedro landmark that dates to the 1930s, covers everything from grunion to whales.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Check out more information about grunion from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife.
    — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2021
  • To catch grunion, a California fishing license is required for anyone 16 and older, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them, according to the department.
    — Daily Pilot Staff, latimes.com, 13 June 2019
  • Ocean fishing turns up perch, corbina, croaker, cabezon, shovel-nose guitar fish and sand shark — and on full moons in summer — bare-handed hunting for California grunion, which spawn on sandy SoCal beaches (fishing permit required).
    — Roy M. Wallack, latimes.com, 26 June 2019
  • Yet another 2021 study, led by Longcore, showed similarly low thresholds of light on stretches of California beach can prevent plovers from roosting and fish called grunion from throwing themselves ashore to spawn.
    — Joshua Sokol, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
  • In Southern California, residents are missing the annual ritual of the grunion runs — a spectacle of chasing the slender, sardine-like fish that show up on California’s sandy shores each year.
    — Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2020

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