Inshore Lizardfish
Synodus foetens
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Aulopiformes
- Family
- Synodontidae
- Genus
- Synodus
Where to Find
Found in 37 diving areas across 22 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 55 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 7 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 4 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 4 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 3 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 4 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 4 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 184 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 72 records
- North Carolina, United States - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 17 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 13 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 5 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records