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CAAB: 37118012

Species Synodus macrops Tanaka, 1917

Triplecross Lizardfish, Big-eyed Lizardfish, Enigmatic Lizardfish

  • Type data:
     Holotype FUMT 7473 (FUMT 7474-75, 7477 and 479-80 listed as paratypes by Cressey, R. 1981. Revision of the Indo-west Pacific lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Pisces : Synodontidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 342: 1–53 figs 1–44, but not regarded as types by Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences pp. 3 vols 2905), Tokyo market, Japan.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Hedland, WA (19º04'S) to N of Bathurst Island, Arafura Sea (10º02'S, 130º16'E) NT and E of Dunk Island (17º58'S) to Moreton Bay, QLD; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

35–173 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Dec-2016 AULOPIFORMES 09-Jun-2016 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED