Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Synodus scituliceps
garrobo liguiso, Lance lizardfish
Length about 4.5 cm. Gray to brown-olive, white below; scales on back with pale specks or dash-like markings, a few rows of scales below lateral line with numerous black dost; pigment on hed variable, either plain or marbled; jaw without marki.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Aulopiformes
Family
Synodontidae
Genus
Synodus
Species
scituliceps
Taxon category: Accepted
Note: The CDRS specimes identified in 1995 as Synodus evermanni and re-identified Synodus scituliceps (Todd & Grove, 2011).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Pacific Mexico to Peru, Colombia, Galapagos. Lower baja California to Peru. The Galápagos Islands.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
- Edgar, G.J. Fariña, J.M., Calvopiña, M., Martínez, C. & Banks, S. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas II: Peces y macroinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 68-97.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- Todd, V. Grove, J. (2011) New fish records in the Galápagos islands Global Marine Environment, 13, SPRING 2011.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Synodus scituliceps", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7647. Accessed 14 June 2025.