Arrowtooth Lizardfish, Common Lizardfish, Doak's Lizardfish
Synodus doaki, Elizabeth Reef, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Synodus doaki, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Markings down side consisting of light circle above light square, each with dark centres and arranged in pairs. Often with dark head and banded eye.
Information
Max Size: 28 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 18.0-29.9°C
Depth: 1-260m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Soft sediment
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (2% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: extract from RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland
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