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title: "Variegated Lizardfish"
description: "Synodus variegatus — Pesci. The variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) is a lizardfish of the family Synodontidae found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, at depths from 4 to 90 m."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/variegated-lizardfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Variegated Lizardfish

> Synodus variegatus — Pesci. The variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) is a lizardfish of the family Synodontidae found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, at depths from 4 to 90 m.

- Scientific name: *Synodus variegatus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3028
- Wikidata: [Q2376142](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2376142)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123124](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123124)

## Names

- en: Variegated Lizardfish
- de: Riff-Eidechsenfisch
- es: Chile de arrecife
- fr: Poisson-lézard bigarré
- nl: Rifhagedis
- pl: Jaszczurnik rafowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (247), ID (246), PH (202), FJ (177), EG (48), MV (41), US (41), SB (39), MY (31), TH (26), NC (25), TZ (20)

## Summary

The variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) is a lizardfish of the family Synodontidae found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, at depths from 4 to 90 m. It can reach a maximum length of 40 cm.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90369734

## Machine access

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