Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien
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Allen, Erdmann, & Peristiwady, 2017
Synodus nigrotaeniatus was first described in 2017 by ichthyologists Drs. Gerry R. Allen, Mark. V. Erdmann & Teguh Peristiwady, you can read the exact text of the first description by clicking on the link below.
Synodus nigrotaeniatus is a new “lie-and-wait” predator, a benthic predator that uses as little energy as possible to catch prey, lying on the seabed and waiting for unwary fish to come close enough for it to snatch them inescapably with the dagger-like teeth of its jaws.
Inescapable because the lizardfish has more than 65 to 80 teeth in several rows; the fish that comes too close to the mouth of the greedy lizardfish is lost.
This newly described species has so far only been known from the northern part of the strongly currents of the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, in Indonesia.
Here, the lurking hunter lies at a depth of between 10 and 30 meters on or partly in sandy bottoms, sometimes so hidden that only its snout and eyes peek out of the substrate.
This physically very robust animal is one of the most skillful hunters in its size class.
Citation:
Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Peristiwady, T. (2017)
Synodus nigrotaeniatus , a new species of lizardfish (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from Indonesia.
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 26, 59–67.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.546124
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:61AFBF20-8B27-4A5D-A906-AB9E40F1E8D2
Date of publication of this version of record: 13 April 2017
Synodus nigrotaeniatus was first described in 2017 by ichthyologists Drs. Gerry R. Allen, Mark. V. Erdmann & Teguh Peristiwady, you can read the exact text of the first description by clicking on the link below.
Synodus nigrotaeniatus is a new “lie-and-wait” predator, a benthic predator that uses as little energy as possible to catch prey, lying on the seabed and waiting for unwary fish to come close enough for it to snatch them inescapably with the dagger-like teeth of its jaws.
Inescapable because the lizardfish has more than 65 to 80 teeth in several rows; the fish that comes too close to the mouth of the greedy lizardfish is lost.
This newly described species has so far only been known from the northern part of the strongly currents of the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, in Indonesia.
Here, the lurking hunter lies at a depth of between 10 and 30 meters on or partly in sandy bottoms, sometimes so hidden that only its snout and eyes peek out of the substrate.
This physically very robust animal is one of the most skillful hunters in its size class.
Citation:
Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Peristiwady, T. (2017)
Synodus nigrotaeniatus , a new species of lizardfish (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from Indonesia.
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 26, 59–67.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.546124
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:61AFBF20-8B27-4A5D-A906-AB9E40F1E8D2
Date of publication of this version of record: 13 April 2017
