Animal Diversity Web

Synodus jaculum

Black-tailed lizardfish

(Also: Javelinfish; Lighthouse lizardfish; Tail-blotch lizardfish; Tailspot lizardfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Aulopiformes (grinners, lizardfishes and allies)
        
        Family Synodontidae (Lizardfishes)
        
        Genus Synodus
        
        Species Synodus jaculum (Black-tailed lizardfish)