Synodus macrocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Synodontoidei

Familia: Synodontidae
Genus: Synodus
Species: Synodus macrocephalus

Name

Synodus macrocephalus Cressey, 1981: 27, Figs. 21, 26b [Preoccupied by Synodus macrocephalus Lacepède 1803 (a cyprinid). Usage of S. macrocephalus, rather then the replacement name Synodus cresseyi Prokofiev 2008. (See Ho & al.)]

Holotype: USNM 217776.

Paratypes: USNM 217739 (6).

Non-type material: USNM 217616 (1).

Type locality: Somalia, 17°24'N, 51°35'E, depth 75-175 meters.

Synonyms

Synodus cresseyi, Prokofiev, 2008: 424, Figs. 1, 2a-d
Synodus macrocephalus, Lacepède, 1803: 320, 321, Pl. 9 (fig. 1)

References

Cressey, R.F. 1981: Revision of Indo-West Pacific lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Pisces: Synodontidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 342: i-iii + 1-53.
Prokofiev, A.M. 2008: New species and new records of lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Teleostei, Synodontidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 84(4): 424–435. [In Russian.]
Ho, H.-C., A.M. Prokifuev & K.-T. Shao 2010: Synodus cresseyi Prokofiev, 2008, an unnecessary replacement for S. macrocephalus Cressey, 1981, and a description of a new species from the western Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Synodontidae). Zootaxa, 2419: 63–68.
Synodus macrocephalus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.