Synodus intermedius Sand diver, Lizardfish,

Synodus intermediusis commonly referred to as Sand diver, Lizardfish,. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2683 

AphiaID:

158759 

Scientific:

Synodus intermedius 

German:

Sandtaucher-Eidechsenfisch 

English:

Sand Diver, Lizardfish, 

Category:

Lizardfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Aulopiformes (Order) > Synodontidae (Family) > Synodus (Genus) > intermedius (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Spix & Agassiz, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

3 - 320 Meter 

Size:

up to 18.11" (46 cm) 

Temperature:

62.96 °F - 80.78 °F (17.2°C - 27.1°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Synodus binotatus
  Zweifleck Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus bondi
• Synodus capricornis
• 
  Synodus dermatogenys
  Sand-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus doaki
• Synodus evermanni
• Synodus falcatus
• Synodus fasciapelvicus
• 
  Synodus foetens
  Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus fuscus
• Synodus gibbsi
• Synodus hoshinonis
• 
  Synodus indicus
  Indischer Eidechsenfisch
• 
  Synodus intermedius
  Sandtaucher-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus isolatus
• 
  Synodus jaculum
  Schwarzfleck- Eidechsenfisch, Schwanzfleck-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus kaianus
• 
  Synodus lacertinus
  Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus lobeli
• Synodus lucioceps
• Synodus macrocephalus
• Synodus macrops
• Synodus macrostigmus
• Synodus marchenae
• Synodus mascarensis
• Synodus mundyi
• Synodus myops
• Synodus oculeus
• Synodus orientalis
• Synodus poeyi
• Synodus pylei
• Synodus randalli
• 
  Synodus rubromarmoratus
  Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus sageneus
• Synodus sanguineus
• 
  Synodus saurus
  Atlantischer Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus scituliceps
• Synodus sechurae
• Synodus similis
• 
  Synodus synodus
  "Diamant"-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus taiwanensis
• Synodus tectus
• Synodus ulae
• Synodus usitatus
• 
  Synodus variegatus
  Riff-Eidechsenfisch
• Synodus vityazi
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Synodus nigrotaeniatus
  Eidechsenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-01-19 19:43:35 

Last edit:

2022-12-05 21:56:20 

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