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 L. P. Schultz, 1953
  • Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939
  • Synodus capricornis Cressey & J. E. Randall, 1978
  • Synodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912
  • Synodus doaki Barry C. Russell & Cressey, 1979
  • Synodus evermanni D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890
  • Synodus falcatus Waples & J. E. Randall, 1989
  • Synodus fasciapelvicus J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus foetens
  • Synodus fuscus S. Tanaka, 1917
  • Synodus gibbsi Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus hoshinonis S. Tanaka, 1917
  • Synodus indicus
  • Synodus intermedius
  • Synodus isolatus J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus jaculum B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979
  • Synodus kaianus
  • Synodus lacertinus C. H. Gilbert, 1890
  • Synodus lobeli Waples & J. E. Randall, 1989
  • Synodus lucioceps
  • Synodus macrocephalus Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus macrops S. Tanaka, 1917
  • Synodus macrostigmus Frable, Luther & C. C. Baldwin, 2013
  • Synodus marchenae Hildebrand, 1946
  • Synodus mascarensis Prokofiev, 2008
  • Synodus mundyi J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus oculeus Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus orientalis J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2008
  • Synodus pacificus H. C. Ho, J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2016
  • Synodus poeyi D. S. Jordan, 1887
  • Synodus pylei J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus randalli Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus rubromarmoratus B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979
  • Synodus sageneus Waite, 1905
  • Synodus sanguineus J. E. Randall, 2009
  • Synodus saurus
  • Synodus scituliceps D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
  • Synodus sechurae Hildebrand, 1946
  • Synodus similis McCulloch, 1921
  • Synodus synodus
  • Synodus taiwanensis J. P. Chen, H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2007
  • Synodus tectus Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus ulae L. P. Schultz, 1953
  • Synodus usitatus Cressey, 1981
  • Synodus variegatus
  • Synodus vityazi H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2010
A single fossil species, †Synodus avus Arambourg, 1928 is known from the latest Miocene of Algeria.