Synodus saurus Atlantic Lizardfish

Synodus saurus is commonly referred to as Atlantic Lizardfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3819 

AphiaID:

126372 

Scientific:

Synodus saurus 

German:

Atlantischer Eidechsenfisch 

English:

Atlantic Lizardfish 

Category:

Lizardfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Aulopiformes (Order) > Synodontidae (Family) > Synodus (Genus) > saurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Tunesien, Guadeloupe, Straße von Gibraltar, Algeria, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Grenada, Israel, Madeira, Martinique, Montserrat, Morocco, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Mediterranean Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 400 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

7.87" - 15.75" (20cm - 40cm) 

Weight:

300 g 

Temperature:

16,4 °F - 27,9 °F (16,4°C - 27,9°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, fish, Invertebrates, Predatory 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Synodus binotatus
  Zweifleck Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus bondi
• Synodus capricornis
• 
  Synodus dermatogenys
  Sand-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus doaki
• Synodus evermanni
• Synodus falcatus
• Synodus fasciapelvicus
• 
  Synodus foetens
  Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus fuscus
• Synodus gibbsi
• Synodus hoshinonis
• 
  Synodus indicus
  Indischer Eidechsenfisch
• 
  Synodus intermedius
  Sandtaucher-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus isolatus
• 
  Synodus jaculum
  Schwarzfleck- Eidechsenfisch, Schwanzfleck-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus kaianus
• 
  Synodus lacertinus
  Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus lobeli
• 
  Synodus lucioceps
  Kalifornischer Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus macrocephalus
• Synodus macrops
• Synodus macrostigmus
• Synodus marchenae
• Synodus mascarensis
• Synodus mundyi
• Synodus myops
• Synodus oculeus
• Synodus orientalis
• Synodus poeyi
• Synodus pylei
• Synodus randalli
• 
  Synodus rubromarmoratus
  Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus sageneus
• Synodus sanguineus
• 
  Synodus saurus
  Atlantischer Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus scituliceps
• Synodus sechurae
• Synodus similis
• 
  Synodus synodus
  "Diamant"-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus taiwanensis
• Synodus tectus
• Synodus ulae
• Synodus usitatus
• 
  Synodus variegatus
  Riff-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus vityazi
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Synodus nigrotaeniatus
  Eidechsenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-08-15 10:00:08 

Last edit:

2025-04-19 13:11:35 

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