Synodus variegatus

Synodus variegatus

Taxonomical systematics

Scientific name

Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803)

Common names

Reef Lizardfish,

Genus

Synodus

Subamily

Synodontinae

Family

Synodontidae

Order

Aulopiformes

Class

Actinopterygii

Phylum

Chordata

Local ecology

Distribution

Oceania, Tropical Western Pacific Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Tropical Eastern Indian Ocean, Northern and Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea.

Biological characteristics

Maximum size

40cm TL

 

Reef lizardfish, S. variegatus, at Challenger Bay, Ribbon Reef #10, Great Barrier Reef.

 

 

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