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Calico lizardfish
Synodus lacertinus Gilbert, 1890
Also calledHuavina (spa) · Lagarto chile (spa) · Peixe-lagarto-americano (por) · Pez lagartija noche (spa) · chile lagarto (spa) · ještěrohlavec galapážský (ces) · ještěrohlavec skrytý (ces)
First described in: Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Banded Lizardfish, Calico Lizardfish, or Reef Lizardfish. To 23.9 cm (9.4 in) TL (John Snow, pers. comm. to M. L.). From 6 km (4 mi) south of U. S. – Mexican border (Groce, Lagos, and Nestler 2001) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including Gulf of California (Bussing and Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) and other offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). Benthic; depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 1 – 156 m (3 – 512 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Zeballos Flor et al. 1998).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212676.