Animalia > Chordata > Aulopiformes > Synodontidae > Synodus > Synodus myops

Synodus myops (Striped lizardfish; Snakefish; Short-headed lizardfish; Sandspear; Painted saury; Painted lizardfish; Painted grinner; Lizardfish; Ground spearing; Forster's lizardfish; Forster's lizard fish; Blunt-nosed lizardfish; Bluntnose lizardfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Trachinocephalus myops, also known as the Blunt-nose lizardfish is a species of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL.
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Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Male Maturity [2]  2 years
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Predators

Anous minutus (Black Noddy)[3]
Cephaloscyllium umbratile (Swell shark)[4]
Sphyraena barracuda (Striped seapike)[5]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3FEEDING ECOLOGY OF TWO SUBTROPICAL SEABIRD SPECIES AT FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS. HAWAII, Michael P. Seki and Craig S. Harrison, BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 45(1): 52-67, 1989
♦ 4Aspects of Reproduction and Food Habits of the Japanese Swellshark Cephaloscyllium umbratile from Chosi, Japan, Toru Taniuchhi, Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 54(4), 627-633 (1988)
♦ 5Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0