''Synodus'' is a
genus of
fish in the
family Synodontidae
The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bony fishes that belong to the aulopiform fish order, a diverse group o ...
found in
Atlantic,
Indian, and
Pacific Oceans.
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)
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* '' 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
''Synodus fuscus'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southe ...
'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917
* '' Synodus gibbsi'' Cressey, 1981
* ''Synodus hoshinonis
The blackear lizardfish ''(Synodus hoshinonis)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Oc ...
'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (blackear lizardfish)
* '' Synodus indicus'' ( F. Day, 1873) (Indian lizardfish)
* '' Synodus intermedius'' (Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...
, 1829) (sand lizardfish)
* ''Synodus isolatus
''Synodus isolatus'', the Rapa Nui lizardfish ( Rapa Nui: ''pāpa hakatara''), is a species of small lizardfish that is endemic to the shallow waters of the southern Pacific Ocean around Easter Island.
Taxonomy and nomenclature
The Rapa Nui ...
'' J. E. Randall, 2009 (Rapanui lizardfish)
* ''Synodus jaculum
The lighthouse lizardfish ''(Synodus jaculum)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-Pacific.
Information
The lighthouse lizardfish is known to live in a marine environment within a depth range of about 2–100 meters. They ...
'' B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979 (lighthouse lizardfish)
* ''Synodus kaianus
The Gunther's lizardfish ''(Synodus kaianus)'' is a species of lizardfish that seems to live mainly in the Pacific Ocean this fish species is ''extremely rare'' and so far only one specimen has been found in Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, H ...
'' ( 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
''Synodus macrostigmus'', commonly known as the largespot lizardfish, is a species of fish in the lizardfish family, Synodontidae, a basal ray-finned fish in the class Actinopterygii. It is native to the warm temperate western Atlantic Ocean and ...
'' Frable, Luther & C. C. Baldwin
Christopher Columbus Baldwin (May 18, 1830 – May 12, 1897) was the Naval Officer of the Port of New York from 1894 to 1897 who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age.
Early life
Baldwin was born in 1834 at his family's estate, ...
, 2013 (large-spot lizardfish) [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.''
* '' 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 [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.'']
* '' Synodus poeyi'' D. S. Jordan, 1887 (offshore lizardfish)
* ''Synodus pylei
''Synodus'' is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
Species
Currently, 46 species in this genus are recognized:
* '' Synodus binotatus'' L. P. Schultz, 1953 (two-spot lizardfish)
* '' Synodus ...
'' 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
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) (Atlantic lizardfish)
* '' Synodus scituliceps'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (short-head lizardfish)
* ''Synodus sechurae
The Sechura lizardfish (''Synodus sechurae'') is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the eastern Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean ...
'' 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
The red lizardfish ''(Synodus ulae)'' is a species of lizardfish
The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bo ...
'' L. P. Schultz, 1953 (red lizardfish)
* '' Synodus usitatus'' Cressey, 1981
* ''Synodus variegatus
''Synodus'' is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
Species
Currently, 46 species in this genus are recognized:
* ''Synodus binotatus'' L. P. Schultz, 1953 (two-spot lizardfish)
* ''Synodus ...
'' (Lacépède Lacepede can refer to:
* Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825), French naturalist and politician.
* Lacepede Bay, a bay in South Australia.
* Lacépède, Lot-et-Garonne, a ''commune'' in France
* Lacepede Islands, a group of four islands in t ...
, 1803) (variegated lizardfish)
* '' Synodus vityazi'' H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2010
References
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Extant Miocene first appearances
Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Marine fish genera