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Lighthouse lizardfish
Synodus jaculum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Lighthouse lizardfish
- Scientific
- Synodus jaculum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length); commonly 10 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 100 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small lizardfish, brownish with dark saddles and a prominent black blotch on the tail base, reaching about 20 cm. It rests on sand or rubble near coral heads.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Synodus-jaculum.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:OguroES.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.