Species: Synodus macrostigmus, Largespot lizardfish

Synodus macrostigmus Frable et al, 2013

Largespot lizardfish

Body relatively robust; snout long, blunt when viewed from above, longer than eye; eye relatively large  (20.8 (16.7-24.7%) headlength); width between eyes 9.5-15.3% head; flap on front nostril large, leaf-shaped, long, (3.8 (2.7-4.9%) headlength), tapering, extends past rear nostril when depressed; mouth large, extending well past eye; lower jaw rounded at front, without fleshy knob at tip; many rows of fine pointed teeth on jaws, tongue and (in 1 band) on side of roof of mouth; fins without spines; one dorsal fin in mid-body, with a small skin-flap fin behind it above anal fin; dorsal fin 11-12, fairly low, front rays of fin don’t extend beyond back rays when fin is laid down; anal 11, length of anal fin base < than dorsal fin base; pectoral fin 11-12; pelvics on abdomen behind pectoral base, 8 rays, inner rays distinctly longer than outer rays; 45-48 scales on lateral line; scales before dorsal fin  12-13; scales between the lateral line and dorsal fin base 3.5; bases of short rays at top and bottom of tail fin completely scaleless.