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lizard fish

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noun

  1. any small teleost fish of the family Synodontidae, having a slender body and a lizard-like head and living at the bottom of warm seas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Deep-sea lizard fish grow to be roughly two feet in length.

From National Geographic • Jun. 7, 2017

In the ocean's depths, deep-sea lizard fish are solitary and are found few and far between.

From National Geographic • Jun. 7, 2017

Food can be hard for these lizard fish to find at the bottom of the ocean, and mates are even more sparse.

From National Geographic • Jun. 7, 2017

Two-and-a-half foot long lizard fish — large for the depth — were seen here also, and may keep an eye out for spoon worm snacks.

From Scientific American • Apr. 15, 2013

We saw several boated by others, but our only catch was a very angry, big-mouthed lizard fish.

From Time Magazine Archive

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