Synodus tectus

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 tectus

Name

Synodus tectus Cressey, 1981: 39

Holotype: USNM 218935.

Paratypes: AMS I.20218-001 (5), I.20751-014 (6), I.20752-018 (1); USNM 136223 (1), 217762-63 (2, 1), 217766-67 (1, 1), 217770 (2), 217774 (1), 218936 (1), 218952 (6).

Type locality: Visayan Sea, Philippines, depth 41 fathoms.

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.
• Chen, J.-P. , H.-C. Ho, and K.-T. Shao 2007: A new lizardfish (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from Taiwan with descriptions of three new records. Zoological Studies, 46(2): 148–154.
• Synodus tectus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Tectus lizardfish