Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Inshore Lizardfish
Synodus foetens
Inshore Lizardfish
Category: Lizardfishes
Scientific Name: Synodus foetens
Size: Up to 14 in. (35 cm)  
Depth: 5-600 ft. (2-180 m)
Distribution: Florida, Gulf of America, Bahamas, Caribbean, Brazil
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Aulopiformes (Order)
     └Synodontidae (Family) Lizardfishes
      └Synodus (Genus)
       └S. foetens (Species)

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