Synodus

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::summary Genus of fishes ::

| fossil_range =
Early Miocene to present | image = Synodus synodus - pone.0010676.g023.png | image_caption = Synodus synodus | image2 = HitosujiES.jpg | image2_caption = Synodus variegatus | taxon = Synodus | authority = Scopoli, 1777 | type_species = Esox synodus | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

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 bondi Fowler, 1939 (sharp-nose lizardfish)
• 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)
• 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
• 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 A single fossil species, †Synodus avus Arambourg, 1928 is known from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.

References

References

1. Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002): [http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera.] ''Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.''
2. {{FishBase_genus. (2016)
3. Frable, B.W., Baldwin, C.C., Luther, B.M. & Weigt, L.A. (2013): [http://aquaticcommons.org/14499/1/frable.pdf 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.''
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.''
5. Gaudant, Jean. (2008). "Paléobiodiversité et paléoenvironnements: l'exemple des gisements de poissons téléostéens du Messinien préévaporitique d'Oran et du bassin du Chélif (Algérie)". Geodiversitas.
6. (1928). "Zoological Record". J.V. Voorst.

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