FB-10705 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Aulopiformes Synodontidae Synodus Synodus usitatus Cressey, 1981 Ordinary lizardfish Ushi-eso 熊野狗母魚 熊野狗母鱼 1994-06-13 2013-07-18 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola0 Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Australia, Directorate General of Fishes, Indonesia, and German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany. 407 p. (Ref. 5978) Waples, R.S. and J.E. Randall0 A revision of the Hawaiian lizardfish of the genus <i>Synodus</i>, with descriptions of four new species. Pac. Sci. 42(3-4):178-213. (Ref. 7438) Randall, J.E.0 Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10,000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished. (Ref. 28618) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BPBM). Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai`I, 96817-0916 USA. (Ref. 31667) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Mundy, B.C.0 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. (Ref. 58302) Furuhashi, R. and H. Motomura0 A new species of <i>Synodus</i> from southern Japan, with a redescription of <i>Synodus usitatus</i> Cressey 1981 (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Ichthyol. Res. (2025):1-15. (Ref. 137548) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-10705-20432 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-11 2000-10-26 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Syusi_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Syusi_u0.jpg FB-pic-10705-20433 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-11 2010-07-21 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology paratype; BPBM 26544 Locality: Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii. http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Syusi_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Syusi_u1.jpg Locality: Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii. FB-GeneralDescr-10705 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1994-06-13 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Benthic at ca. 100 m (Ref. 58302). Furuhashi, R. and H. Motomura 2025 A new species of <i>Synodus</i> from southern Japan, with a redescription of <i>Synodus usitatus</i> Cressey 1981 (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Ichthyol. Res. (2025):1-15. (Ref. 137548) FB-DiagnosticDescr-10705 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-06-09 00:00:00 2025-06-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D 10-13; A 8-10; lateral-line scales 56-60; scale rows above lateral line 3.5; vertebrae 57-58; anterior gill-rakers 25-36; pseudobranchial filaments 16-27; peritoneal spots 13-16; palatine teeth uniform in length and size; posterior part of preopercle scaled; anterior nostril flap (ANF) moderately long, slender,triangular or leaf-shaped, does not or just reaching the rear margin of posterior nostril when laid back; ANF length/ inter-nostril distance (IND) 0.71-1.30 (mean 1.03); snout is moderately rounded in lateral view; pelvic fin moderately long, its length 22.8-27.2% in SL; posterior process of pelvic girdle wide. Colouration: when fresh, pale orange dorsally, white ventrally, with eight indistinct doughnut-shaped dark blotches along body axis, some continuous with saddle-shaped blotches on dorsum; pelvic-fin rays are white and fin membranes transparent, no additional markings; caudal fin uniform whitish, with white bands on upper lobe; color in alcohol pale, with scattered irregular dark pigmentation above the lateral line (Ref. 137548). Furuhashi, R. and H. Motomura 2025 A new species of <i>Synodus</i> from southern Japan, with a redescription of <i>Synodus usitatus</i> Cressey 1981 (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Ichthyol. Res. (2025):1-15. (Ref. 137548) FB-Morphology-10705 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-06-09 00:00:00 2025-06-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 57 - 58 Furuhashi, R. and H. Motomura 2025 A new species of <i>Synodus</i> from southern Japan, with a redescription of <i>Synodus usitatus</i> Cressey 1981 (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Ichthyol. Res. (2025):1-15. (Ref. 137548) FB-Distribution-10705 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1994-06-13 00:00:00 2025-06-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii. Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola 1984 Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Australia, Directorate General of Fishes, Indonesia, and German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany. 407 p. (Ref. 5978) FB-Size-10705 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1994-06-13 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 15.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 137577)) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and … 2022 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-10705 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1994-06-13 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10705 demersal; marine; depth range 88 - 232 m (Ref. 137548) Furuhashi, R. and H. Motomura 2025 A new species of <i>Synodus</i> from southern Japan, with a redescription of <i>Synodus usitatus</i> Cressey 1981 (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Ichthyol. Res. (2025):1-15. (Ref. 137548)