Inshore Lizardfish
Description
RESTRICTED SPECIES
Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
Description: To 16" (41 cm).
Elongate, cylindrical; brownish or olive with greenish cast above, whitish or yellowish below; sides with obscure blotches, fading in large specimens. Snout pointed, head depressed, with light, wavy lines.
Eyes large, above midpoint of maxilla.
Pectoral fins dusky, yellowish, or light green; adipose fin with dark spot.
60 lateral line scales.
Habitat Bottom-dwellers, usually near shore or to about 15 fathoms.
Range From Massachusetts to Brazil, including Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, and West Indies.
Uncommon north of South Carolina.
Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
Description: To 16" (41 cm).
Elongate, cylindrical; brownish or olive with greenish cast above, whitish or yellowish below; sides with obscure blotches, fading in large specimens. Snout pointed, head depressed, with light, wavy lines.
Eyes large, above midpoint of maxilla.
Pectoral fins dusky, yellowish, or light green; adipose fin with dark spot.
60 lateral line scales.
Habitat Bottom-dwellers, usually near shore or to about 15 fathoms.
Range From Massachusetts to Brazil, including Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, and West Indies.
Uncommon north of South Carolina.
