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title: "Bluestripe Lizardfish"
description: "Synodus dermatogenys — Peixes. The sand lizardfish, clearfin lizardfish or variegated lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/bluestripe-lizardfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bluestripe Lizardfish

> Synodus dermatogenys — Peixes. The sand lizardfish, clearfin lizardfish or variegated lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Synodus dermatogenys*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1326
- Wikidata: [Q3042539](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3042539)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121227](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121227)

## Names

- en: Bluestripe Lizardfish
- de: Sand-Eidechsenfisch
- es: Chile áspero
- fr: Poisson-lézard à ligne bleue

## Countries with the most observations

AU (226), US (92), NF (53), PH (46), ID (44), EG (42), MV (16), FJ (11), RE (11), ZA (9), MU (8), MH (7)

## Summary

The sand lizardfish, clearfin lizardfish or variegated lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-Pacific.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45664176

## Machine access

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