Tail-bar Lizardfish
Synodus tectus
- Usual depth5–86 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, June, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Synodus tectus, the tectus lizardfish, is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the West Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Synodus tectus”, 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: 3 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–86 m · Deepest record: 166.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Tail-bar Lizardfish, Tectus Lizardfish
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- lagarto tectus
- French
- anoli tectus
- Simplified Chinese
- 狗母, 狗母梭, 肩蓋狗母, 肩蓋狗母魚, 被蓋狗母魚
Similar species
banded lizardfishSynodus dermatogenys
Common lizardfishSynodus variegatus
- Twospot lizardfish
Synodus binotatus
Lighthouse lizardfishSynodus jaculum
- 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).
- 93 open-data records from 1908 to 2019.
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