Snorkel Hawaii - Nearsighted Lizardfish

Family	Synodontidae
Description	Lizardfishes
Environment	Brackish & Marine
Etymology	Greek, syn, sym = all together, united + Greek, odous = teeth
Genus	3
No. of Species	71
Order	Aulopiformes
Class	Actinopterygii
Reproductive Guild	Nonguarders
Distribution	Chiefly marine; rarely brackish. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Supramaxilla small, if present. Branchiostegal rays 8-26. Vertebrae 39-67. Non-hermaphroditic, except in the monoecious Bathysaurus. Small cylindrical fishes with spineless fins and large mouth full of slender sharp teeth, even on tongue. Voracious predators of small fishes.

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