{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|23|0}} <br />Early Miocene to present<ref name=Sepkoski2002>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.''</ref> | 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.<ref name=FB>{{FishBase_genus | genus = Synodus | month = June | year = 2016 }}</ref>
==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) <ref name=Frable2013/> * ''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) <ref name=Frable2013>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.''</ref> * ''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> <ref name=Ho2016>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.''</ref> * ''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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gaudant |first=Jean |date=2008 |title=Paléobiodiversité et paléoenvironnements: l'exemple des gisements de poissons téléostéens du Messinien préévaporitique d'Oran et du bassin du Chélif (Algérie) |url=https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/30/1/paleobiodiversite-et-paleoenvironnements-l-exemple-des-gisements-de-poissons-teleosteens-du-messinien-preevaporitique-d-oran-et-du-bassin-du-chelif-algerie |journal=Geodiversitas |language=en |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=141–163}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVVQAQAAIAAJ |title=Zoological Record |date=1928 |publisher=J.V. Voorst |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Synodus Category:Extant Miocene first appearances Category:Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Category:Marine fish genera