Atlantic lizardfish
Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAtlantischer Eidechsenfisch (deu) · Atlantisk øglefisk (dan) · Eidechsenfisch (deu) · Gremxula tal-bahar (mlt) · Guaripete Azul (spa) · Jaszczurnik atlantycki (pol) · Lagarto (spa) · Lagarto-da-costa (por) · Lagartoda-costa (por) · Logarto (spa) · Lézard (fra) · Pesce lucertola (ita) · Peshk hardhucë (sqi) · Pez de San Francisco (spa)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Western Atlantic from Bermuda and Bahamas to Lesser Antilles; eastern Atlantic from Morocco, Madeira and Azores to Cape Verde Islands; Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 4 February 2009); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, NIS, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.
The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
vernacular_names
– Atlantic lizardfish; Lagarto-da-costa ① ② ③, Peixe-lagarto ②
Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf
materials_examined
Aegean Sea: 5600 - 104 (1 spc.), Guelluek Bay. Mediterranean Sea: 5600 - 907 (1 spc.), February 2004, Iskenderun Bay, trawl, C. Dalyan.
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum.
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Every page naming Synodus saurus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212655.