The shortjaw lizardfish (''Saurida normani'') is a species of
lizardfish that lives mainly in tropical waters.
The shortjaw lizardfish is found on
reef
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s around 25 – 550 meters deep.
The maximum recorded length of the shortjaw lizardfish is about 45 centimeters (17.7 inches), and the common length is about 30 centimeters (11.8 inches). The maximum recorded weight is about 500 grams (1.1 pounds).
This species is native to the western
Atlantic Ocean
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in the United States to the northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico and the western
Caribbean
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[ The fish lives on sandy and muddy bottoms.]
Common names
Other common names for the shortjaw lizardfish include ''anoli'' (French
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), ''chile espinoso'', ''guaripete'', ''lagarto dientón'', ''lagarto espinoso'' ( Spanish), ''kitsune-aka-eso'' ( Japanese), and ''kortkæbet øglefisk'' (Danish
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).
Notes
References
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shortjaw lizardfish
Fauna of the Southeastern United States
Fish of the Western Atlantic
Taxa named by William Harding Longley
shortjaw lizardfish
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