Synodus

Synodus is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]

Synodus
Temporal range: 23–0 Ma

Early Miocene to present[1]
Synodus synodus
Synodus variegatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Aulopiformes
Family:
Synodontidae
Subfamily:
Synodontinae
Genus:
Synodus

Scopoli, 1777
Type species
Esox synodus

Species

Currently, 46 species in this genus are recognized:

  • Synodus binotatus L. P. Schultz, 1953 (two-spot lizardfish)
  • Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939 (sharp-nose lizardfish) [3]
  • Synodus capricornis Cressey & J. E. Randall, 1978 (capricorn lizardfish)
  • Synodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912
  • Synodus doaki Barry C. Russell & Cressey, 1979 (arrow-tooth lizardfish)
  • Synodus evermanni D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Inotted lizardfish)
  • Synodus falcatus Waples & J. E. Randall, 1989
  • Synodus fasciapelvicus J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766) (inshore lizardfish)
  • Synodus fuscus S. Tanaka (I), 1917
  • Synodus gibbsi Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus hoshinonis S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (blackear lizardfish)
  • Synodus indicus (F. Day, 1873) (Indian lizardfish)
  • Synodus intermedius (Agassiz, 1829) (sand lizardfish)
  • Synodus isolatus J. E. Randall, 2009 (Rapanui lizardfish)
  • Synodus jaculum B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979 (lighthouse lizardfish)
  • Synodus kaianus (Günther, 1880) (Günther's lizardfish)
  • Synodus lacertinus C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (sauro lizardfish)
  • Synodus lobeli Waples & J. E. Randall, 1989 (Lobel's lizardfish)
  • Synodus lucioceps (Ayres, 1855) (California lizardfish)
  • Synodus macrocephalus Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus macrops S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (triple-cross lizardfish)
  • Synodus macrostigmus Frable, Luther & C. C. Baldwin, 2013 (large-spot lizardfish) [3]
  • Synodus marchenae Hildebrand, 1946 (lizardfish)
  • Synodus mascarensis Prokofiev, 2008
  • Synodus mundyi J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus oculeus Cressey, 1981 (large-eye lizardfish)
  • Synodus orientalis J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2008
  • Synodus pacificus H. C. Ho, J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2016 [4]
  • Synodus poeyi D. S. Jordan, 1887 (offshore lizardfish)
  • Synodus pylei J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus randalli Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus rubromarmoratus B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979 (red-marbled lizardfish)
  • Synodus sageneus Waite, 1905 (spear-toothed lizardfish)
  • Synodus sanguineus J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Atlantic lizardfish)
  • Synodus scituliceps D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (short-head lizardfish)
  • Synodus sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 (Sechura lizardfish)
  • Synodus similis McCulloch, 1921 (lavender lizardfish)
  • Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758) (diamond lizardfish)
  • Synodus taiwanensis J. P. Chen, H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2007
  • Synodus tectus Cressey, 1981 (tectus lizardfish)
  • Synodus ulae L. P. Schultz, 1953 (red lizardfish)
  • Synodus usitatus Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus variegatus (Lacépède, 1803) (variegated lizardfish)
  • Synodus vityazi H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2010

References
  1. Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002): A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Synodus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  3. Frable, B.W., Baldwin, C.C., Luther, B.M. & Weigt, L.A. (2013): A new species of western Atlantic lizardfish (Teleostei: Synodontidae: Synodus) and resurrection of Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939, as a valid species from the Caribbean with redescriptions of S. bondi, S. foetens (Linnaeus, 1766), and S. intermedius (Agassiz, 1829). Fishery Bulletin, 111 (2): 122-146.
  4. Ho, H.-C., Chen, J.-P. & Shao, K.-T. (2016): A new species of the lizardfish genus Synodus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 4162 (1): 134-142.
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