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Family Synodontidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Synodus hoshinonis

Osezaki, Japan, 40 feet

HOSHINO'S or BLACKEAR LIZARDFISH 

Uncommon on sand deeper than 200 feet, shallower in Japan.  Attains 11 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, and New Caledonia.