synodus foetens

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lizardfish \lizardfish\, lizard fish \lizard fish\n. (Zool.)
   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.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

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