Synodus

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 <small>L. P. Schultz, 1953</small> (two-spot lizardfish)
• Synodus bondi <small>Fowler, 1939</small> (sharp-nose lizardfish)
• Synodus capricornis <small>Cressey & J. E. Randall, 1978</small> (capricorn lizardfish)
• Synodus dermatogenys <small>Fowler, 1912</small>
• Synodus doaki <small> Barry C. Russell & Cressey, 1979</small> (arrow-tooth lizardfish)
• Synodus evermanni <small>D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890</small> (Inotted lizardfish)
• Synodus falcatus <small>Waples & J. E. Randall, 1989</small>
• Synodus fasciapelvicus <small>J. E. Randall, 2009</small>
• Synodus foetens <small>(Linnaeus, 1766)</small> (inshore lizardfish)
• Synodus fuscus <small>S. Tanaka (I), 1917</small>
• Synodus gibbsi <small>Cressey, 1981</small>
• Synodus hoshinonis <small>S. Tanaka (I), 1917</small> (blackear lizardfish)
• Synodus indicus <small>(F. Day, 1873)</small> (Indian lizardfish)
• Synodus intermedius <small>(Agassiz, 1829)</small> (sand lizardfish)
• Synodus isolatus <small>J. E. Randall, 2009</small> (Rapanui lizardfish)
• Synodus jaculum <small>B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979</small> (lighthouse lizardfish)
• Synodus kaianus <small>(Günther, 1880)</small> (Günther's lizardfish)
• Synodus lacertinus <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1890</small> (sauro lizardfish)
• Synodus lobeli <small>Waples & J. E. Randall, 1989</small> (Lobel's lizardfish)
• Synodus lucioceps <small>(Ayres, 1855)</small> (California lizardfish)
• Synodus macrocephalus <small>Cressey, 1981</small>
• Synodus macrops <small>S. Tanaka (I), 1917</small> (triple-cross lizardfish)
• Synodus macrostigmus <small>Frable, Luther & C. C. Baldwin, 2013</small> (large-spot lizardfish)
• Synodus marchenae <small>Hildebrand, 1946</small> (lizardfish)
• Synodus mascarensis <small>Prokofiev, 2008</small>
• Synodus mundyi <small>J. E. Randall, 2009</small>
• Synodus oculeus <small>Cressey, 1981</small> (large-eye lizardfish)
• Synodus orientalis <small>J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2008</small>
• Synodus pacificus <small>H. C. Ho, J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2016</small>
• Synodus poeyi <small>D. S. Jordan, 1887</small> (offshore lizardfish)
• Synodus pylei <small>J. E. Randall, 2009</small>
• Synodus randalli <small>Cressey, 1981</small>
• Synodus rubromarmoratus <small>B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979</small> (red-marbled lizardfish)
• Synodus sageneus <small>Waite, 1905</small> (spear-toothed lizardfish)
• Synodus sanguineus <small>J. E. Randall, 2009</small>
• Synodus saurus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Atlantic lizardfish)
• Synodus scituliceps <small>D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882</small> (short-head lizardfish)
• Synodus sechurae <small>Hildebrand, 1946</small> (Sechura lizardfish)
• Synodus similis <small>McCulloch, 1921</small> (lavender lizardfish)
• Synodus synodus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (diamond lizardfish)
• Synodus taiwanensis <small>J. P. Chen, H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2007</small>
• Synodus tectus <small>Cressey, 1981</small> (tectus lizardfish)
• Synodus ulae <small>L. P. Schultz, 1953</small> (red lizardfish)
• Synodus usitatus <small>Cressey, 1981</small>
• Synodus variegatus <small>(Lacépède, 1803)</small> (variegated lizardfish)
• Synodus vityazi <small>H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2010</small>

A single fossil species, †Synodus avus <small>Arambourg, 1928</small> is known from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.

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