| Family: | Synodontidae (Lizardfishes), subfamily: Synodontinae |
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| Order: | Aulopiformes (grinners) | |||
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |||
| In this site name: | Indian lizardfish | |||
| Max. size: | 33.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 11228) | |||
| Environment: | reef-associated; marine; depth range 20 – 100 m | |||
| Climate: | tropical | |||
| Importance: | fisheries: commercial | |||
| Resilience: | High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.) | |||
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Distribution:
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Indo-West Pacific: southern Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 4055) to southern India and Sri Lanka. One specimen is known from the Philippines. Also reported from Indonesia and northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978). | |||
| Morphology: | Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 – 11. Body dusky pink above, with pale blue-grey blotches and stripes; 2 black streaks at upper edge of operculum; caudal fin yellow in color; some with dark blotches along lateral line (Ref. 11228). | |||
| Biology: | Found on current-prone (Ref. 48635) sand or mud bottoms (Ref. 11228), usually in depths of 20 m or more. Usually buries itself in the sand (Ref. 48635). Sold fresh and dried salted in markets. | |||
| Red List Status: | Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073) | |||
| Dangerous: | harmless | |||
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