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title: "Atlantic Lizardfish"
description: "Synodus saurus — Pesci. The Atlantic lizardfish (Synodus saurus), also known as the bluestripe lizardfish, is a species of lizardfish that lives primarily in the eastern Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/atlantic-lizardfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Lizardfish

> Synodus saurus — Pesci. The Atlantic lizardfish (Synodus saurus), also known as the bluestripe lizardfish, is a species of lizardfish that lives primarily in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Synodus saurus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1498
- Wikidata: [Q2607138](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2607138)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113701](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113701)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Lizardfish
- de: Atlantischer Eidechsenfisch
- es: Lagarto
- fr: Poisson-lézard rayé
- pl: Jaszczurnik atlantycki

## Countries with the most observations

ES (736), FR (286), GR (141), IT (137), TR (26), HR (25), PT (24), MT (18), DZ (12), CY (6), CV (4), MC (4)

## Summary

The Atlantic lizardfish (Synodus saurus), also known as the bluestripe lizardfish, is a species of lizardfish that lives primarily in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_lizardfish

## Photo

![Atlantic Lizardfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-lizardfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175240568

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-lizardfish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).