Fishes of Nationa Park of American Samoa

Family Name Listing

Order: Aulopiformes, Family: Synodontidae
Ta'oto or Lizardfishes
Lizardfishes are known as ta'oto in Samoa. Samoans also call sandperch fishes in the family Mugiloididae ta'oto.

Scientific NameCommon NameCommon NamePhotoTSNPark StatusAbundanceResidencyNativity
Saurida gracilista`otoslender lazardfish 162413Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Synodus binotatusta`ototwospot lizardfishSynodus binotatus. ta`oto. twospot lizardfish162384Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Synodus englemanita`otoreef lizardfish 162391Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative
Synodus variegatusta`otovariegated lizardfish 162387Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative

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