{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Fish4498 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Synodus poeyi | authority = D. S. Jordan, 1887 | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 }}
The '''offshore lizardfish''' (''Synodus poeyi'')<ref> *{{cite web|title=''Synodus poeyi'' Lizardfish (Also: Offshore Lizardfish)|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Synodus_poeyi/classification/|publisher=Animal Diversity Web|accessdate=20 May 2013}} *{{cite web|title=''Synodus poeyi'' (offshore lizardfish)|url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/S/Synodus_poeyi/|publisher=Zipcode Zoo|accessdate=20 May 2013}} *{{cite web|title=''Synodus poeyi'' Jordan, 1887|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162379|publisher=ITIS Standard Report Page|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref> is a species of lizardfish that occurs chiefly in the western Atlantic.
The maximum recorded length of the offshore lizardfish is about {{convert|25|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=off}}.
The offshore lizardfish is a marine species associated with reefs. It occurs at depths of {{convert|27|-|320|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=off}}. This species is native to a subtropical environment. Its distribution in the Western Atlantic extends from North Carolina in the United States through the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Antilles to the Guianas.<ref name=FishBase>{{cite web|title=''Synodus poeyi'' Jordan, 1887 Offshore lizardfish|url=http://www.fishbase.us/summary/2722|publisher=Fish Base|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref> It occurs outside the shore zone.<ref name=EncyclopediaOfLife>{{cite web|title=''Synodus poeyi'' Offshore Lizardfish|url=http://eol.org/pages/209795/overview|publisher=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref> It is benthic, living along sandy and muddy bottoms.<ref name=CanadianRegister>{{cite web|title=''Synodus poeyi'' Jordan, 1887|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158760|publisher=Canadian Register of Marine Species|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref>
==Common names== Common names for ''Synodus poeyi'' in other languages include '''''calango''''', '''''lagarto do mar''''', '''''peixe-lagarto''''' (Portuguese), '''''chile barbado''''', '''''guaripete''''', '''''guavina''''', '''''lagarto barbado''''', '''''lagarto oceánico''''', '''''manuelito''''' (Spanish), and '''''otogai-aka-eso''''' (Japanese).<ref name=WebsiteOfEverything>{{cite web|title=Offshore lizardfish|url=http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/fish/Aulopiformes/Synodontidae/Synodus-poeyi|publisher=The Website of Everything|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref>
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==References== * {{FishBase |genus= Synodus|species= poeyi| month = April | year = 2012}}
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offshore lizardfish Category:Fauna of the Southeastern United States Category:Fish of the Caribbean offshore lizardfish Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
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