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Updated 6/10/2022

Family Synodontidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Saurida gracilis

Cargo pier, Midway Atoll, 30 feet

 

Kaka'ako, Oahu, 50 feet

Cargo pier, Midway Atoll, 30 feet

 

Maeda Point, Okinawa, 30 feet

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 60 feet

 

Juvenile, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 55 feet



Makai Pier, Oahu, 12 feet



Kaiona, Oahu, 3 feet


Kaiona, Oahu, 3 feet
   

SLENDER LIZARDFISH

Common in areas of rubble, sand, or silt.  Mouth full of bristle-like teeth with alternating brown and white bars.  Attains 11 inches.  Virtually indistinguishable from the Nebulous Lizardfish, with pectoral fin tips 2 to 3 scale rows ahead of the dorsal fin.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia.