Arrowtooth lizardfish

Synodus doaki

Synodontid Fish beneath the Hawaiian Islands

Temperate
Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

The arrowtooth lizardfish (Synodus doaki) is a lizardfish of the family Synodontidae, found in isolate locations across the southwestern Pacific (namely Queensland, the Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the North Island), at depths of between 9 and 200 m. Its length is between 15 and 28 cm. Published occurrences of Synodus doaki from the Hawaiian Islands, Indonesia, Philippines, Easter Island, and Fiji are now treated as the distinct species Synodus mundyi, S. fasciapelvicus, S. isolatus, S. pylei, and S. sanguineus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lizardfishes and Allies
Family: Synodontidae
Genus: Synodus
Maximum length: 28 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa, Japan, Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897 ), eastern Australia, northern New Zealand (Ref. 9818 ) and Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 58302 ). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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