Synodus variegatus

S. variegatus (St Crispin's Reef, Great Barrier Reef)

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 variegatus

Name

Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803 :157, 224, Pl. 3 (fig. 3)) [as Salmo variegatus]

Holotype: MNHN B-2165 (dry).

Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean.

Synonyms

• Salmo variegatus Lacepède, 1803
• Salmo varius Lacepède, 1803
• Saurida rubrotaeniata Liénard, 1891
• Saurus cynodus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
• Saurus synodus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
• Synodus englemani (non Schultz, 1953)
• Synodus houlti McCulloch, 1921 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 7]
• Synodus indicus (non Day, 1873)
• Saurida rubrotaeniata, Liénard in Sauvage 1891: 482

References

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1803: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 5: i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21.
• Fowler, H.W. 1912: Notes on salmonoid and related fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 63 (for 1911): 551–571.
• Synodus variegatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Variegated lizardfish

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