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Inshore Lizardfish
SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, public domain, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

Inshore Lizardfish

Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishInshore Lizardfish
Dutch—
SpanishChile apestoso
Chinese多鳞狗母鱼
Scientific nameSynodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The Inshore Lizardfish (Synodus foetens) is a species of the family Synodontidae. It has been recorded in Suriname 9 times (GBIF), between 1957 and 1959. Its global IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderAulopiformes
FamilySynodontidae
GenusSynodus

Related species in Suriname