Arrowtooth lizardfish
The arrowtooth lizardfish (Synodus doaki) is a lizardfish of the family Synodontidae, found in isolate locations across the southwestern Pacific (namely Queensland, the Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the North Island), at depths of between 9 and 200 m. Its length is between 15 and 28 cm.
| Arrowtooth lizardfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Synodontidae |
| Genus: | Synodus |
| Species: | S. doaki |
| Binomial name | |
| Synodus doaki B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979 | |
Published occurrences of Synodus doaki from the Hawaiian Islands, Indonesia, Philippines, Easter Island, and Fiji are now treated as the distinct species Synodus mundyi, S. fasciapelvicus, S. isolatus, S. pylei, and S. sanguineus.[2]
References
- Russell, B.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Lawrence, A. (2016). "Synodus doaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T67853408A67871655. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T67853408A67871655.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- John E. Randall (2009) Five new Indo-Pacific lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Zoological Studies 48(3): 402-417.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Synodus doaki" 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
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