Family : Synodontidae (Lizardfishes) , subfamily: Synodontinae
Order : Aulopiformes (grinners)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Snakefish
Fish Name : Trachinocephalus myops
Max size : 40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710); max. reported age: 7 years
Environment : reef-associated ; depth range - 400 m
Climate : tropical; 40°N - 40°S
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=1.6; tm=2; tmax=7)Distribution : Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate waters with the exception of the eastern Pacific and the northeast Atlantic north of Cape Blanc, Africa.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-14; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 13-18. Snout very short; mouth very oblique; body with alternating narrow dark-edged pale blue and yellow stripes; oblique black spot at the upper end of the gill opening (Ref. 2334). Eye far forward (Ref. 26938).
Biology : Found near shore above 40 m over sandy bottoms of deep outer reef slopes (Ref. 11230). Reported to be common in estuaries (Ref. 11228, 48635). Benthic at 3-388 m (Ref. 58302). Rest on or more often burrow into substrate, leaving eyes exposed (Ref. 4472, 48635). When disturbed, it may swim a short distance but quickly buries itself again (Ref. 48635). Feed on fishes (Ref. 5213) and small crustaceans (Ref. 36558)
Threatened : Dangerous:
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Sulak, K.J.. 1990. (Ref. 4472)
India country information
Common Names : चोर बोमबिळ, Bluntnose lizardfish, Chor-bombil
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses
