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Variegated Lizardfish
Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803)
Also calledAnoli bigarré, Anoli d'Engleman, Poisson-lézard tacheté (fra) · Anoli d'Engleman (fra) · Chile de arrecife (spa) · Dard de Rocher (fra) · Dard de rocher, Lézard varié (fra) · Hitosujieso (jpn) · Jaszczurnik rafowy (pol) · Lagarto Escamoso (spa) · Lézard Varié (fra) · Peixe-lagarto-pantropical (por) · Pesce lucertola variegato (ita) · Poisson-lézard (fra) · Poisson-lézard Tacheté (fra) · Poisson-lézard bigarré (fra)
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.
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe, Kermadec and Rapa islands, straying to New Zealand. Found in deep lagoon and seaward coral reefs, sometimes on sandy bottoms concealing itself in the sand, 2 – 121 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kavieng District, New Ireland as Synodus englemani by Cressey & Cressey (1979: 68); specimens photographed at St. KVG 24 (off northwestern Bauddisson Island) by Serge Andréfouët on 22 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover at 4 – 51 m depth, St. KR 110, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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Description
The body of the variegated lizardfish is rounded in cross-section, with a broad, slightly flattened head and a large, wide mouth. The upper and lower jaws project equally, and both jaws, along with all mouth bones, are armed with conical, barbed teeth. Its strong, thick pelvic fins function as supports when the fish rests on the seabed while waiting to ambush prey. The variegated lizardfish varies in color from grey to red, with hourglass-shaped markings.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212639.