Synodus foetens

S. foetens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes 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 foetens

Name

Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766: 513)

• Holotype: No types known.
• Neotype: USNM 405413.
  • Neotype designated by Frable et al. (2013).

Type locality: [originally: Carolina (South Carolina, U.S.A.)]; South Carolina, 32°47′34.80"N, 79°39′46.80"W [1], 10 m, Sta. 20110526.

Synonyms

• Salmo foetens Linnaeus, 1766
• Osmerus albidus Lacepède, 1803
• Coregonus ruber Lacepède, 1803
• Esox salmoneus Mitchill, 1815
• Saurus longirostris Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
• Saurus mexicanus Cuvier, 1829
• Saurus spixianus Poey, 1860

Vernacular names

• English: Inshore Lizardfish

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (Regnum Animale). Editio duodecima (12th Ed.), reformata. Tomus 1 (Volume 1), Pars 1 (Part 1): 1–532. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Carvalho-Filho, A. , G. Marcovaldi, C.L.S. Sampaio, M.I.G. Paiva and L.A.G. Duarte 2010: First report of Aulopus (Teleostei: Aulopidae) from southwestern Atlantic, with a review of records and a key to western Atlantic Aulopoidei species. Zootaxa, 2628: 27–42.
• Frable, B. W., Baldwin, C. C., Luther, B. M. & Weigt, L. A.; 2013: 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. PDF

Links

• Synodus foetens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

• English: Inshore lizardfish

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