''Synodus'' is a

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Synodontidae The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bony fishes that belong to the aulopiform fish order, a diverse grou ...

found in

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, Indian, and

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

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 The inshore lizardfish (''Synodus foetens'') is a member of the family Synodontidae found in the western Atlantic. According to the IUCN red list for endangered species, the inshore lizard fish "has most recently been assessed for the IUCN Red Li ...

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, 1766) (inshore lizardfish) * ''

Synodus fuscus ''Synodus fuscus'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Northwest Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in th ...

'' 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'' (

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, 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) 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.'' * '' Synodus marchenae''

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, 1946 (lizardfish) * '' Synodus mascarensis''

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, 2008 * '' Synodus mundyi'' J. E. Randall, 2009 * ''

Synodus oculeus ''Synodus oculeus'' (commonly called the large-eyed lizardfish) is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Western Pacific. Information The large-eyed lizardfish can be found in a marine environment within a tropical climate. In the oce ...

'' Cressey, 1981 (large-eye lizardfish) * '' Synodus orientalis'' J. E. Randall &

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, 2008 * '' Synodus pacificus'' H. C. Ho, J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2016 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.'' * '' 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,

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) (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 ''Synodus usitatus'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the indo-west pacific. References

* Synodontidae Fish described in 1981 {{Aulopiformes-stub ...

'' Cressey, 1981 * '' Synodus variegatus'' ( Lacépède, 1803) (variegated lizardfish) * '' Synodus vityazi'' H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2010

References

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