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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Francis, M.P., R.V. Grace and C.D. Paulin, 1987
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in western Macauley Island (20 m depth) and Boat Cove, SE of Raoul Island (Ref. 28787). Also Ref. 45524, 8879.
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Main Ref: Duffy, C.A.J. and S.T. Ahyong, 2015
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Common names from other countries

Common lizardfish, 狗母, 道氏狗母, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Synodontidae (Lizardfishes) > Synodontinae
Etymology: Synodus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); doaki: Named after Wade Doak, pioneer New Zealand diver and underwater naturalist who first discovered this fish at the Poor Knights Islands..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 9 - 260 m (Ref. 58302). Temperate

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Indo-Pacific: East Africa, Japan, Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897), eastern Australia, northern New Zealand (Ref. 9818) and Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 58302). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Cheek scaled to margin of preopercle; flap on anterior nostrils very long and rounded; pectoral fins reaching a line connecting origins of dorsal and pelvic fins. The irregular bars and spots on the body red, the centers of larger markings sometimes yellow. All fins with transverse red bands.

Benthic (Ref. 58302). Inhabits sandy bottoms close to rock or coral outcrops. In New Zealand, frequently seen in pairs (Ref. 9818).

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Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.1 - 27.3, mean 23.7 (based on 161 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00211 - 0.00945), b=3.16 (2.99 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

Synodus doaki Russell & Cressey, 1979