Biology:Lavender lizardfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Lavender lizardfish
Synodus similis (Lavender lizardfish).gif
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Genus: Synodus
Species:
S. similis
Binomial name
Synodus similis
McCulloch, 1921

The lavender lizardfish (Synodus similis) is a lizardfish of the family Synodontidae, found in the western Pacific including Japan , north eastern Australia , Lord Howe Island, and northern New Zealand, at depths down to 75 m. Its length is between 12 and 18 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Synodus similis" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8

Wikidata ☰ Q2465882 entry