Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Bont Akkedisvis, Rooistreep-Akkedisvis
Common Names in Agutaynen:
Kuti-Kuti
Common Names in Arabic:
Hasoom, Poleen, Shijeeah
Common Names in Bikol:
Tiki, Tiki´, Tiki', Tuko
Common Names in Carolinian:
Tarawai
Common Names in Cebuano:
Karaho, Tiki-Tiki
Common Names in Chavacano:
Tamangkah
Common Names in Creole, French:
Baise Dame, Coupe-Couillon, Poisson L
Common Names in Danish:
Spraglet
Common Names in Davawenyo:
Tiki, Tiki-Tiki
Common Names in Divehi:
Ala Thandu
Common Names in English:
Fowler's Lizard Fish, Engleman's Lizardfish, Hoult's Lizardfish, Pointhead Lizardfish, Red Lizardfish, Redband Lizardfish, Reef Lizardfish, Scaly-Cheek Lizardfish, Short-Nosed Lizardfish, Variegated Lizardfish
Common Names in Fijian:
Wutimate
Common Names in French:
Anoli Bigarr, Dard De Rocher, Poisson-L
Common Names in German:
Gemeiner Eidechsenfisch
Common Names in Hawaiian:
'ulae
Common Names in Hiligaynon:
Karaho, Talbo
Common Names in Ilokano:
Al-Alibot, Daldalag
Common Names in Italian:
Pesce Lucertola
Common Names in Japanese:
Aka-Eso, Hitosuji-Eso, Minami-Aka-Eso
Common Names in Korean:
꽃동멸
Common Names in Kumak:
Bw
Common Names in Kuyunon:
Tiki-Tiki
Common Names in Mahl:
Sudung
Common Names in Malay:
Mengkarong, Totate, Ubi
Common Names in Malayalam:
Valakka
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
杂斑狗母鱼, 狗母, 紅斑狗母, 红斑狗母, 雜斑狗母魚, 霍氏狗母魚, 霍氏狗母鱼
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Su:
Surok Seli
Common Names in Niuean:
Mokotaliga
Common Names in Other:
Buto-Buto, Lalabuya, Stikil
Common Names in Portuguese:
Peixe-Banana Matizado
Common Names in Samoan:
Ta´oto, Ta'oto
Common Names in Spanish:
Lagarto Jaspeado
Common Names in Surigaonon:
Lamuryo, Tabili-Dagat, Tiki-Tiki
Common Names in Tagalog:
Bubule, Kalaso, Kamutihan, Tuko
Common Names in Tagbanwa Calamian:
Tika
Common Names in Tahitian:
Mo'o 'anae
Common Names in Tuamotuan:
Karaea
Common Names in Visayan:
Balanghutan, Balanghuten, Tiki-Tiki
Common Names in Waray-waray:
Talad, Talho
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,737 meters (0 to -22,103 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Aulopiformes
()
- Family:
Synodontidae
()
- Subfamily:
Synodontinae
()
- Genus:
Synodus
()
- Schultz, 1953
- Specific name:
variegatus
- (Lacepède, 1803)
- Scientific name: - Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803)
- Specific name:
variegatus
- (Lacepède, 1803)
- Genus:
Synodus
(
- Subfamily:
Synodontinae
(
- Family:
Synodontidae
(
- Order:
Aulopiformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Salmo variegatus Lacepède • Salmo varius Lacepède • Saurida rubrotaeniata Liénard • Saurus cynodus (Non Linnaeus • Saurus synodus (Non Linnaeus • Saurus variegatus (Lacepède • Synodus englemani Schultz • Synodus houlti Mcculloch • Synodus indicus (Day • Synodus ulae Schultz • Synodus varius (Lacepède
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Lacepède, Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville sur
Illon Mémoire sur deux espèces de quadrupèdes ovipares que l'on
n'a pas encore décrites. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris), 2: 351-359,
Tafel lix., 1803.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 17-Aug-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Synodus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. binotatus (Two-Spot Lizard Fish) · S. capricornis (Capricorn Lizardfish) · S. dermatogenys (Grey-Streak Lizardfish) · S. doaki (Doak´s Lizardfish) · S. englemani (Engleman's Lizardfish) · S. evermanni (Spotted Lizardfish) · S. foetens (Galliwasp) · S. hoshinonis (Blackshoulder Lizardfish) · S. indicus (Indian Lizardfish) · S. intermedius (Sand Diver) · S. jaculum (Black-Tailed Lizardfish) · S. kaianus (Gunther´s Lizard Fish) · S. lacertinus (Calico Lizardfish) · S. lobeli (Lobel's Lizardfish) · S. lucioceps (Smallscale Lizardfish) · S. macrocephalus (Largehead Lizardfish) · S. macrops (Tripleband Scorpionfish) · S. marchenae (Lizardfish) · S. oculeus (Large-Eye Lizardfish) · S. poeyi (Offshore Lizardfish) · S. rubromarmoratus (Red-Marbled Lizardfish) · S. sageneus (Speartoothed Grinner) · S. saurus (Bluestripe Lizardfish) · S. scituliceps (Shorthead Lizardfish) · S. sechurae (Sechura Lizardfish) · S. similis (Blackspot Lizardfish) · S. synodus (Diamond Lizardfish) · S. tectus (Tail-Bar Lizardfish) · S. ulae (Five-Band Lizardfish) · S. variegatus (Fowler's Lizard Fish) · S. lobeli (Commerson's Sea Pike)
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Further Reading
- An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url p. 13.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , , p. 30, p. 30, p. 32, p. 32, p. 39, p. 39, p. 42, p. 42, p. 53.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 223.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 413.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 365, p. 929, p. 930.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 207.
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 7.
- Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-1984. url , , p. 63, p. 63.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url , , p. 173, p. 30, p. 529.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 203.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 517.
- Report on a collection of marine fishes from North Borneo. 36 1957 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. url p. 352.
- Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 53.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 137, p. 139.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 219, p. 220.
Notes
Contributors
- Berra, Tim M. (from FishBase).
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3865173
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25602
- Fishbase Species ID: 12961
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14121403
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162387
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126227
Footnotes
- Mean = -2,123.610 meters (-6,967.224 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,775.610 based on 307 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
