''Trachinocephalus myops'', also known as the blunt-nose lizardfish, is a
species
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of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the
family
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Synodontidae
The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bony fishes that belong to the aulopiform fish order, a diverse group o ...
found in
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
.
[Polanco F., A., Acero P., A. & Betancur-R., R. (2016): No longer a circumtropical species: revision of the lizardfishes in the ''Trachinocephalus myops'' species complex, with description of a new species from the Marquesas Islands. ''Journal of Fish Biology, 89 (2): 1302-1323.''] This species grows to a length of
TL.
It has been discovered that the species has two peaks in its spawning season, from February to April and from August to October. This suggests that their reproductive activity is suitable for the different environments the species utilizes.
[Lang, J. L., Chen, L. H., & Hu T. J., (2013):Maturity and spawning of painted lizardfish,
Trachinocephalus myops (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) in the southeastern China Sea. ''Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 29:1050–1055.''
]
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Synodontidae
Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
Fish described in 1801
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