Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Section: Aulopa
Ordo: Aulopiformes
Subordo: Synodontoidei
Familia: Synodontidae
Genus: Synodus
Species: S. amaranthus – S. binotatus – S. bondi – S. capricornis – S. dermatogenys – S. doaki – S. englemani – S. evermanni – S. falcatus – S. fasciapelvicus – S. foetens – S. fuscus – S. gibbsi – S. hoshinonis – S. indicus – S. intermedius – S. isolatus – S. jaculum – S. janus – S. kaianus – S. lacertinus – S. lobeli – S. lucioceps – S. macrocephalus – S. macrops – S. macrostigmus – S. marchenae – S. mascarensis – S. mundyi – S. oculeus – S. orientalis – S. pacificus – S. poeyi – S. pylei – S. randalli – S. rubromarmoratus – S. sageneus – S. sanguineus – S. saurus – S. scituliceps – S. sechurae – S. similis – S. synodus – S. taiwanensis – S. tectus – S. ulae – S. usitatus – S. variegatus – S. vityazi
Name
Synodus Scopoli, 1777
Synonyms
Xystodus Ogilby, 1910
References
Scopoli, J.A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague. i–x + 1–506.
Cressey, R.F. 1981. Revision of Indo-West Pacific lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Pisces: Synodontidae). Smithsonian contributions to zoology (342)
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.6 Reference page.
Ho, H-c., Prokofiev, A.M. & Shao, K-t. 2010. Synodus cresseyi Prokofiev, 2008, an unnecessary replacement for S. macrocephalus Cressey, 1981, and a description of a new species from the Western Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Synodontidae). Zootaxa 2419: 63–68. Preview (PDF) (Full article PDF)
Randall, J.E. 2009. Five new Indo-Pacific lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Zoological studies 48: 402–417. (PDF)
Randall, J.E. & Pyle, R.L. 2008. Synodus orientalis, a new lizardfish (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from Taiwan and Japan, with correction of the Asian record of S. lobeli. Zoological studies 47: 657–662. (PDF)
Links
Synodus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Xystodus Invalid – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
English: Lizard-fish
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Synodus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
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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