Size: 4 to 18 in.
ID: Dark spot on upper gill cover; thin yellow
body stripes; red to brown bars across back
and often diamond patches on side
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Aulopiformes / Aulopiforms
Family: Synodontidae / Lizardfishes
Genus Species: Synodus intermedius / Sand
diver
Habitat: buried, or on sand or reef bottoms
Typical food: crustaceans, small fishes
Other information: it is a master of camouflage
and waits motionless to ambush its prey
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