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Sand lizardfish
Synodus dermatogenys
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Sand lizardfish
- Scientific
- Synodus dermatogenys
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 24 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 91 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A lizardfish, brownish above with about seven irregular dark bars, reaching about 24 cm. It often buries itself in sand with only the eyes showing and lunges at passing fish and shrimps.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Synodus-dermatogenys.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_lagarto_(Synodus_dermatogenys),_islas_Ad_Dimaniyat,_Omá
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.