offshore lizardfish

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| image = Fish4498 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg

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| taxon = Synodus poeyi

| authority = D. S. Jordan, 1887

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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The offshore lizardfish (Synodus poeyi)

• {{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}} 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.{{cite web|title=Synodus poeyi Jordan, 1887 Offshore lizardfish|url=http://www.fishbase.us/summary/2722|publisher=Fish Base|accessdate=20 May 2013}} It occurs outside the shore zone.{{cite web|title=Synodus poeyi Offshore Lizardfish|url=http://eol.org/pages/209795/overview|publisher=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=20 May 2013}} It is benthic, living along sandy and muddy bottoms.{{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}}