What is "lizardfish"

lizardfish \lizardfish\, lizard fish \lizard fish\n. (Zo["o]l.) Any of several mostly tropical marine scopeloid fish of the family Synodontidae having large mouths in lizardlike heads, especially the inshore lizardfish ( Synodus foetens syn. Synodus poeyi) of Mideastern and Southern United States and West Indies; -- sometimes called sand pike.

Note: A freshwater perch, the sauger, a different fish, is also called the sand pike.

Syn: snakefish.

n. Any member of the family Synodontidae of aulopiform fish.

n. tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide [syn: snakefish, snake-fish]