Family, Genus, Class & Etymology
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. |
Other "Popular" Names for this Fish
Ula'e