Genus of fishes
Synodus is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic , Indian , and Pacific Oceans .[ 2]
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
^ Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002): A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.
^ Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Synodus " . FishBase . June 2016 version.
^ a b 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.
^ 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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