| Their waves wash over the places where the masses of the grunion eggs were buried, the swirl and rush of the surf stirring the sand deeply. |
| Grunion runs occur at predictable times and dates associated with the highest night-time tides from April to July. |
| Along with the grunion, these are the only marine fish known to fully emerge from water solely for the purpose of spawning. |
| The periodicity of spawning by the grunion, Leuresthes tenuis, an atherine fish. |
| In the estuarine areas it can be confused with small Topsmelt, Jacksmelt, Atherinopsis californiensis, and California Grunion, Leuresthes tenuis. |
| She is here competing with other piscivorous birds in search of anchovy, shiner perch and grunion to eat. |
