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Saurida suspicio is known to be found in a marine environment within a demersal range. [1] This species is native to a tropical climate. The average length of the Suspicious lizardfish as an unsexed male is about nine centimeters or about 3.5 inches.
The Synodontidae or lizardfishes [note 1] are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bony fishes that belong to the aulopiform fish order, a diverse group of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families. They are found in tropical and subtropical marine waters throughout the world.
The variegated lizardfish is rounded in cross-section with a broad, moderately flattened head and a large, wide mouth. The jaws protrude equally. Both jaws and all the mouth bones are covered with conical, barbed teeth. The strong, thick pelvic fins serve as props when the fish is resting on the bottom waiting for prey.
Mt. Devica crystal snails were found crawling on “wet rocks” in “a small underground cavern,” the study said. The animals were living “deeper in the pit” and “only found in the ...
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They are found circumglobally, in tropical and temperate latitudes (65° N to 40° S) at depths of 600–3,500 m in the aphotic zone, where water temperatures range between 4 and 3 °C. [6] The energy-poor ecosystem dictates low population densities. Along the Mid-Atlantic Bight, a density of 0–8 fish per 25 x 10 3 m 2 has been reported. [5]
U.S. wildlife managers on Friday proposed federal protections for a rare lizard found only in parts of one of the world's most lucrative oil and natural gas basins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
The inshore lizardfish (Synodus foetens) is a member of the family Synodontidae [1] found in the western Atlantic. According to the IUCN red list for endangered species, the inshore lizard fish "has most recently been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2013. Synodus foetens is listed as Least Concern" (Russell et al., 2015 ...