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Updated 10/4/2021

Family Synodontidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Trachinocephalus trachinus

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 60 feet

 

Osezaki, Japan, 40 feet

Juvenile, Makua, Oahu, 30 feet

 


Post-larva, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu
   

BLUESTRIPE LIZARDFISH

Inhabits deeper sand flats where it remains buried with just the eyes exposed.  It prefers featureless areas where divers rarely venture in Hawai'i but are common in murky bays around Japan.  Slender with a blunt head, bulging eyes set high and far forward, and several blue stripes.  Attains 13 inches.  Indo-Pacific, including Hawaii.  Separated from Trachinocephalus myops which is the Atlantic form.