Synodus

Synodus; Temporal range: 23–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ; Early Miocene to present
	Synodus synodus
	Synodus variegatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Synodontidae
Subfamily:	Synodontinae
Genus:	Synodus; Scopoli, 1777
Type species
	Esox synodus; Linnaeus, 1758

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.

[Sepkoski2002-1] Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002): A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.

[FB-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Synodus". FishBase. June 2016 version.

[Frable2013-3] 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.

[Ho2016-4] 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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