Names
Scientific Name：Synodus variegatus
EN Common Names：Variegated lizardfish
Classification
Chordata > Ray-finned fishes > Myctophiformes > lizardfish > Lizard-fish
Descriptions
学名、命名者与年份 : Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803)
棲息深度 : 4 - 91
最大體長 : 40 cm
简介 :
俗名狗母梭、狗母、花狗母。棲息於礁區、4-91公尺，無毒性，可食用，有觀賞價值，不是經濟性魚類，分布於印度至太平洋，產於臺灣東部、西部、南部、北部、東北部、澎湖、小琉球、蘭嶼、40 cm，模式種產於西南印度洋模里西斯。
形態特徵 :
體圓而瘦長，呈長圓柱形，尾柄兩側具稜脊。 60-63；側線上鱗數 5.5(少數為 6.5)。單一背鰭，具軟條11-13(通常為13)；有脂鰭；臀鰭與脂鰭相對，具軟條8-11；胸鰭短，末端不延伸至腹鰭起點與背鰭起點之連線；尾鰭叉形，上葉等長於下葉。成魚體色多變，由灰色至紅色皆有，某些個體體側具沙漏形斑或鞍狀斑，但這些斑紋通常會被較粗的暗紅色斑(Synodus englemani)為本種之同種異名。
棲所生態 :
主要棲息於沿近海
地理分布 :
分布於印度-太平洋區，西起紅海及非洲東部，東至夏威夷、萊恩、馬貴斯及杜夕群島，北至日本、臺灣，南至澳洲、羅得豪島及拉帕等。臺灣各地海域皆有分布。
瀕危狀態 : 不在IUCN瀕危名單中
同種異名 :
Salmo variegatus, Salmo varius, Saurida rubrotaeniata, Saurus cynodus, Saurus englemani, Saurus synodus, Saurus variegatus, Synodus engelmani, Synodus englamani, Synodus englemani, Synodus houlti, Synodus indicus, Synodus ulae
Data Source : fishdb.sinica.edu.tw
Neighbors
Synodus amaranthus
Synodus amaranthus
Two-spot lizardfish
Synodus binotatus
Sharpnose Lizardfish
Synodus bondi
Capricorn lizardfish
Synodus capricornis
Sand lizardfish
Synodus dermatogenys
Arrowtooth lizardfish
Synodus doaki
Engleman's lizardfish
Synodus englemani
Inotted lizardfish
Synodus evermanni
Synodus falcatus
Synodus falcatus
Synodus fasciapelvicus
Synodus fasciapelvicus
Inshore Lizardfish
Synodus foetens
Synodus fuscus
Synodus fuscus
Synodus gibbsi
Synodus gibbsi
Blackear lizardfish
Synodus hoshinonis
Indian lizardfish
Synodus indicus
Sand Diver
Synodus intermedius
Synodus isolatus
Synodus isolatus
Lighthouse lizardfish
Synodus jaculum
Synodus janus
Synodus janus
Gunther's lizard fish
Synodus kaianus
Sauro lizardfish
Synodus lacertinus
Lobel's lizardfish
Synodus lobeli
California lizardfish
Synodus lucioceps
Synodus macrocephalus
Synodus macrocephalus
Triplecross lizardfish
Synodus macrops
Largespot Lizardfish
Synodus macrostigmus
Lizardfish
Synodus marchenae
Lizardfish
Synodus mascarensis
Lizardfish
Synodus mundyi
Large-eye lizardfish
Synodus oculeus
Oriental Lizardfish
Synodus orientalis
Offshore lizardfish
Synodus poeyi
Pyle's Lizardfish
Synodus pylei
Randall's Lizardfish
Synodus randalli
Redmarbled lizardfish
Synodus rubromarmoratus
Speartoothed grinner
Synodus sageneus
Synodus sanguineus
Synodus sanguineus
Atlantic lizardfish
Synodus saurus
Shorthead lizardfish
Synodus scituliceps
Sechura lizardfish
Synodus sechurae
Lavender lizardfish
Synodus similis
Red lizardfish
Synodus synodus
Taiwanese lizardfish
Synodus taiwanensis
Tectus lizardfish
Synodus tectus
Red lizard fish
Synodus ulae
Lizardfish
Synodus usitatus
Synodus vityazi
Synodus vityazi