Animalia > Chordata > Aulopiformes > Synodontidae > Synodus > Synodus variegatus

Synodus variegatus (Variegated lizardfish; Short-nosed lizardfish; Scaly-cheek lizardfish; Reef lizardfish; Redband lizardfish; Red lizardfish; Pointhead lizardfish; Hoult's lizardfish; Fowler's lizard fish; Engleman's lizardfish; Lizardfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) is a lizardfish of the family Synodontidae found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, at depths from 4 to 90 m. It can reach a maximum length of 40 cm. The variegated lizardfish is rounded in cross-section with a broad, moderately flattened head and a large, wide mouth. The jaws protrude equally. Both jaws and all the mouth bones are covered with conical, barbed teeth. The strong, thick pelvic fins serve as props when the fish is resting on the bottom waiting for prey.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia

Prey / Diet

Plagiotremus goslinei (sabretooth blenny)[1]
Thalassoma lutescens (Yellow-green wrasse)[1]

Predators

Cephalopholis argus (Argus grouper)[2]
Epinephelus merra (Wire-netted reefcod)[1]
Plectropomus leopardus (bluedotted coraltrout)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Lecithophyllum vogeae[3]
Raphidascaris synodi[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
2Food habits and prey selection of three species of groupers from the genus Cephalopholis (Serranidae: Teleostei), Muki Shpigel & Lev Fishelson, Environmental Biology of Fishes Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 67-73, 1989
3Gibson, 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