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A fact from Grunion appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 June 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the grunion is a sardine-sized fish only found off the coast of California and Baja California that comes up on sandy beaches at very high tides (during the new and full moons) to lay its eggs?

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Jacob Bronowski's BBC series "The Ascent of Man" has some excellent footage of Grunions in the first episode. — special:contribs/220.246.164.59 23:00, 4 June 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Arlo James Barnes 15:02, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology of the name[edit]

What's the etymology of the name 'grunion'? — special:contribs/109.154.101.127 20:35, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

wikt:grunion#Etymology says that it is imitative of the sound they make. Arlo James Barnes 14:59, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

grunion in Nova Scotia[edit]

I think Nova Scotia has grunion, but they run up streams. — special:contribs/142.163.194.1 01:31, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]