WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Clearfin Lizardfish

Synodus dermatogenys

Also known as: Banded Lizardfish, Bluestripe Lizardfish, Greystreak Lizardfish, Sand Lizardfish, Twospot Lizardfish, Variegated Lizardfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@fishx6 · Navy Pier, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia · March 20141 / 16
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Overview

Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, half buried, or resting, on rubble or sandy bottoms, over lagoons and seaward reefs.

Lizardfish are experts at camouflage, they lie in wait for their prey lying on top of the sand or buried with just their heads showing. Their jaws have one or more lines of needle-like teeth.
They grab their victims with lightening speed often taking quite large prey.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
  • Dive site · 3
  • Country only · 11
LIVES IN

Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, half buried, or resting, on rubble or sandy bottoms, over lagoons and seaward reefs.

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Adult photos 16

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAulopiformes
    5. familySynodontidae
    6. genusSynodus
    7. speciesSynodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912

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    More in the family

    Lizardfishes (Synodontidae)