| Fossil range | Early Miocene to present[1] |
|---|---|
| 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.[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
A single fossil species, †Synodus avus Arambourg, 1928 is known from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.[5][6]
References
- ^ Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002): A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. 30 (1): 141–163.
- ^ Zoological Record. J.V. Voorst. 1928.