''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
The Sauro lizardfish ''(Synodus lacertinus)'' is a type of lizardfish that lives mainly in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Information
The Sauro lizardfish is native to the areas of eastern Pacific Ocean, from the US-Mexican border, on outer coast o ...
'' C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (sauro lizardfish)
* ''Synodus lobeli
''Synodus lobeli'', Lobel's lizardfish, is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
Lobel's lizardfish is a marine species. They live within a demersal depth range of about 31 – 140 meters in the tropics. The ...
'' Waples & J. E. Randall, 1989 (Lobel's lizardfish)
* ''Synodus lucioceps
The California lizardfish (''Synodus lucioceps'') is a species of lizardfish primarily inhabiting the Californian coast. It has a long, brown body, which offers it camouflage in its habitat, the sandy bottom of the ocean. From its hiding spot on ...
'' ( Ayres, 1855) (California lizardfish)
* ''Synodus macrocephalus
''Synodus macrocephalus'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-West Pacific. A common English name largehead lizardfish.
Information
''S. macrocephalus'' is known to be found in a marine environment within a demersal range. ...
'' Cressey, 1981
* ''Synodus macrops
The triplecross lizardfish ''(Synodus macrops)'' is a type of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-West Pacific.
Information
The triplecross lizardfish can be found in a marine environment within a demersal depth range of about . This speci ...
'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (triple-cross lizardfish)
* ''Synodus macrostigmus'' Benjamin W. Frable, Frable, Brendan M. Luther, Luther & Carole C. Baldwin, C. C. Baldwin, 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'' Samuel Frederick Hildebrand, Hildebrand, 1946 (lizardfish)
* ''Synodus mascarensis'' Artem Mikhailovich Prokofiev, Prokofiev, 2008
* ''Synodus mundyi'' J. E. Randall, 2009
* ''Synodus oculeus'' Cressey, 1981 (large-eye lizardfish)
* ''Synodus orientalis'' J. E. Randall & Richard Lawrence Pyle, Pyle, 2008
* ''Synodus pacificus'' Ho Hsuan-Ching, H. C. Ho, Chen Jeng-Ping, J. P. Chen & Shao Kwang-Tsao, 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'' J. E. Randall, 2009
* ''Synodus randalli'' Cressey, 1981
* ''Synodus rubromarmoratus'' B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979 (red-marbled lizardfish)
* ''Synodus sageneus'' Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Waite, 1905 (spear-toothed lizardfish)
* ''Synodus sanguineus'' J. E. Randall, 2009
* ''Synodus saurus'' (Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) (Atlantic lizardfish)
* ''Synodus scituliceps'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (short-head lizardfish)
* ''Synodus sechurae'' Hildebrand, 1946 (Sechura lizardfish)
* ''Synodus similis'' Allan Riverstone McCulloch, McCulloch, 1921 (lavender lizardfish)
* ''Synodus synodus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (diamond lizardfish)
* ''Synodus taiwanensis'' Chen Jeng-Ping, 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'' (Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Lacépède, 1803) (variegated lizardfish)
* ''Synodus vityazi'' H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2010
References
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Synodus,
Extant Miocene first appearances
Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Marine fish genera