Synodus lobeli
Synodus lobeli, Lobel's lizardfish, is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
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| Species: | S. lobeli |
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| Synodus lobeli Waples & J. E. Randall, 1988 | |
Lobel's lizardfish is a marine species. They live within a demersal depth range of about 31 – 140 meters in the tropics. The average length of this species as an unsexed male is about 23.4 centimeters or about 9.2 inches. They are pale colored with dark splotches on its upper body. They are native to the areas of Northwest Pacific, Japan, Eastern Central Pacific, Hawaii, and Taiwan.[1] They are commonly found on sandy bottoms and are recorded to be a benthic species.[2]
Classification
The taxonomic classification of Synodus lobeli is as follows:
- Kingdom-Animalia
- Phylum-Chordata
- Subphylum-Vertebrata
- Superclass-Gnathostomata
- Order-Aulopiformes
- Family-Synodontidae
- Genus-Synodus
- Species-Synodus lobeli[3]
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References
- "Synodus lobeli Waples & Randall, 1989 Lobel's lizardfish". Fish Base. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- "Synodus lobeli (Lobel's Lizardfish)". ZipCodeZoo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- "Synodus lobeli Lobel's lizardfish". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
Notes
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Synodus lobeli" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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