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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 ...

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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 ''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) * '' Synodu ...

'' L. P. Schultz, 1953 (two-spot lizardfish) * ''

Synodus bondi ''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 ...

'' Fowler, 1939 (sharp-nose lizardfish) * ''

Synodus capricornis The Capricorn lizardfish ''(Synodus capricornis)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from t ...

'' Cressey & J. E. Randall, 1978 (capricorn lizardfish) * ''

Synodus dermatogenys The sand lizardfish, clearfin lizardfish or variegated lizardfish (''Synodus dermatogenys'') is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-Pacific. Description ''Synodus dermatogenys'' is found in a marine environment within a reef-as ...

'' Fowler, 1912 * ''

Synodus doaki The arrowtooth lizardfish (''Synodus doaki'') is a lizardfish of the family ''Synodontidae'', found in isolate locations across the southwestern Pacific (namely Queensland, the Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island Norfo ...

'' Barry C. Russell & Cressey, 1979 (arrow-tooth lizardfish) * ''

Synodus evermanni The Inotted lizardfish (''Synodus evermanni'') is a type of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Eastern Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the no ...

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& Bollman, 1890 (Inotted lizardfish) * ''

Synodus falcatus ''Synodus falcatus'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the eastern central 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 Ocea ...

'' Waples & J. E. Randall, 1989 * ''

Synodus fasciapelvicus ''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 ...

'' 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 ''Synodus gibbsi'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surf ...

'' Cressey, 1981 * '' Synodus hoshinonis'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (blackear lizardfish) * ''

Synodus indicus The Indian lizardfish ''(Synodus indicus)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends fr ...

'' ( F. Day, 1873) (Indian lizardfish) * ''

Synodus intermedius ''Synodus intermedius'', the common sand diver,Sand diver
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'' (

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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 The triplecross lizardfish ''(Synodus macrops)'' is a type of lizardfish The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estu ...

'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (triple-cross lizardfish) * ''

Synodus macrostigmus ''Synodus macrostigmus'', commonly known as the largespot lizardfish, is a species of fish in the lizardfish family, Synodontidae, a basal ray-finned fish in the class Actinopterygii. It is native to the warm temperate western Atlantic Ocean an ...

'' 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 The Atlantic lizardfish ''(Synodus saurus)'', is a species of lizardfish The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estu ...

'' (Linnaeus,

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) (Atlantic lizardfish) * '' Synodus scituliceps'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (short-head lizardfish) * ''

Synodus sechurae The Sechura lizardfish (''Synodus sechurae'') is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the eastern Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends fro ...

'' Hildebrand, 1946 (Sechura lizardfish) * '' Synodus similis'' McCulloch, 1921 (lavender lizardfish) * ''

Synodus synodus The diamond lizardfish ''(Synodus synodus)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Information The diamond lizardfish has been found within marine environments within reef-associated are ...

'' (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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