Clouded lizardfish

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Clouded lizardfish
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Aulopiformes
Family:
Synodontidae
Genus:
Saurida
Species:
S. nebulosa
Binomial name
Saurida nebulosa

The clouded lizardfish(Saurida nebulosa) is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the south Pacific Ocean.

Pacific Ocean Ocean between Asia and Australia in the west, the Americas in the east and Antarctica or the Southern Ocean in the south.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.

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Biology

The clouded lizardfish is known to eat other fish. They are a species that camouflage in order to wait for their prey. At times they will pop their heads out of the sand. It is also recorded that they have one or two lines of teeth on their jaw. [1]

Names

The common names of the clouded lizardfish include:

Size

The average size of an unsexed male is about 16.5 centimeters. [2]

Habitat

The clouded lizardfish can be found in reef-based environments in tropical climates. They are common to the areas of sand, mud, rock, eel-grass habitats, mangroves and seagrass beds, near streams, and river mouths. They are native to:

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References

FishBase is a global species database of fish species. It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web. Over time it has "evolved into a dynamic and versatile ecological tool" that is widely cited in scholarly publications.

  1. 1 2 "Clouded Lizardfish". What's That Fish!. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Saurida nebulosa". FishBase. Retrieved 26 January 2013.


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