The arrowtooth lizardfish (''Synodus doaki'') is a

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of the

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Synodontidae The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bony fishes that belong to the aulopiform fish order, a diverse grou ...

'', found in isolate locations across the southwestern

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and the North Island), at depths of between 9 and 200 m. Its length is between 15 and 28 cm. Published occurrences of ''Synodus doaki'' from the Hawaiian Islands, Indonesia, Philippines, Easter Island, and Fiji are now treated as the distinct species '' Synodus mundyi'', '' S. fasciapelvicus'', '' S. isolatus'', '' S. pylei'', and '' S. sanguineus''.John E. Randall (2009) Five new Indo-Pacific lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Zoological Studies 48(3): 402–417.

References

* * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) arrowtooth lizardfish Fish of the North Island Fish of New Caledonia Fish of Lord Howe Island Fauna of Norfolk Island arrowtooth lizardfish {{Aulopiformes-stub