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Family Synodontidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Synodus jaculum

Juvenile, Wakatobi, Indonesia, 25 feet

Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet

BLACKBLOTCH LIZARDFISH

Common on sand and rubble near reefs at any depth.  Dark triangular blotch on caudal peduncle.  Attains 8 inches.  East Africa to Japan and the Society Islands, excluding Hawaii.