About this species
Synodus fuscus is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Synodus fuscus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–91 m · Deepest record: 91.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Sunaeso, スナエソ
- Simplified Chinese
- 狗母, 狗母梭, 褐狗母, 褐狗母魚, 褐狗母魚(背斑狗母魚)
Similar species
Twospot lizardfishSynodus binotatus
banded lizardfishSynodus dermatogenys
Common lizardfishSynodus variegatus
Lighthouse lizardfishSynodus jaculum
Red-marbled LizardfishSynodus rubromarmoratus
- Black Lizardfish
Synodus kaianus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 31 open-data records from 1985 to 1991.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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