Synodontidae

Taxobox
name = Lizardfishes

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Deepsea lizardfish, "Bathysaurus ferox". From plate 18 of "Oceanic Ichthyology" by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean, published 1896.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Aulopiformes
familia = Synodontidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Bathysaurus" "Harpadon" "Saurida" "Synodus" "Trachinocephalus"

Synodontidae is a family of fish known as lizardfishes. Lizardfishes are marine fish found throughout the world. They are small cylindrical fish with mouths full of sharp teeth, even on the tongue. There are 65 species in five genera.

pecies

* Genus "Bathysaurus"
** Deepsea lizardfish, "Bathysaurus ferox" Günther, 1878
** Highfin lizardfish, "Bathysaurus mollis" Günther, 1878
* Genus "Harpadon"
** "Harpadon erythraeus" Klausewitz, 1983
** "Harpadon microchir" Günther, 1878
** Bombay duck, "Harpadon nehereus" (Hamilton, 1822)
** "Harpadon squamosus" (Alcock, 1891)
** Glassy, "Harpadon translucens" Saville-Kent, 1889
* Genus "Saurida"
** Shortfin saury, "Saurida argentea" Macleay, 1881
** Brazilian lizardfish, "Saurida brasiliensis" Norman, 1935
** Smallscale lizardfish, "Saurida caribbaea" Breder, 1927
** Slender lizardfish, "Saurida elongata" (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
** "Saurida filamentosa" Ogilby, 1910
** Orangemouth lizardfish, "Saurida flamma" Waples, 1982
** Gracile lizardfish, "Saurida gracilis" (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
** Grey saury, "Saurida grandisquamis" Günther, 1864
** Shortjaw saury, "Saurida isarankurai" Shindo & Yamada, 1972
** Longfin lizardfish, "Saurida longimanus" Norman, 1939
** "Saurida microlepis" Wu & Wang, 1931
** Shortfin lizardfish, "Saurida micropectoralis" Shindo & Yamada, 1972
** Clouded lizardfish, "Saurida nebulosa" Valenciennes, 1850
** Shortjaw lizardfish, "Saurida normani" Longley, 1935
** "Saurida pseudotumbil" Dutt & Sagar, 1981
** Suspicious lizardfish, "Saurida suspicio" Breder, 1927
** Greater lizardfish, "Saurida tumbil" (Bloch, 1795)
** "Saurida umeyoshii" Inoue & Nakabo, 2006. Not listed in FishBase. [cite journal | journal = Ichthyological research | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | year = 2006 | pages = 386ff. | title = The Saurida undosquamis group (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae), with description of a new species from southern Japan. | author = Inoue & Nakabo | doi = 10.1007/s10228-006-0358-y]
** Brushtooth lizardfish, "Saurida undosquamis" (Richardson, 1848)
** Wanieso lizardfish, "Saurida wanieso" Shindo & Yamada, 1972
* Genus "Synodus"
** "Synodus amaranthus" Waples & Randall, 1988
** Two-spot lizard fish, "Synodus binotatus" Schultz, 1953
** Capricorn lizardfish, "Synodus capricornis" Cressey & Randall, 1978
** Sand lizardfish, "Synodus dermatogenys" Fowler, 1912
** Arrowtooth lizardfish, "Synodus doaki" Russell & Cressey, 1979
** Engleman's lizardfish, "Synodus englemani" Schultz, 1953
** Inotted lizardfish, "Synodus evermanni" Jordan & Bollman, 1890
** "Synodus falcatus" Waples & Randall, 1988
** Inshore lizardfish, "Synodus foetens" (Linnaeus, 1766)
** "Synodus fuscus" Tanaka, 1917
** "Synodus gibbsi" Cressey, 1981
** Blackear lizardfish, "Synodus hoshinonis" Tanaka, 1917
** Indian lizardfish, "Synodus indicus" (Day, 1873)
** Sand diver, "Synodus intermedius" (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
** Lighthouse lizardfish, "Synodus jaculum" Russell & Cressey, 1979
** "Synodus janus" Waples & Randall, 1988
** Gunther's lizard fish, "Synodus kaianus" (Günther, 1880)
** Sauro lizardfish, "Synodus lacertinus" Gilbert, 1890
** "Synodus lobeli" Waples & Randall, 1988
** California lizardfish, "Synodus lucioceps" (Ayres, 1855)
** "Synodus macrocephalus" Cressey, 1981
** Triplecross lizardfish, "Synodus macrops" Tanaka, 1917
** Lizardfish, "Synodus marchenae" Hildebrand, 1946
** "Synodus oculeus" Cressey, 1981
** Offshore lizardfish, "Synodus poeyi" Jordan, 1887
** "Synodus randalli" Cressey, 1981
** Redmarbled lizardfish, "Synodus rubromarmoratus" Russell & Cressey, 1979
** Speartoothed grinner, "Synodus sageneus" Waite, 1905
** Atlantic lizardfish, "Synodus saurus" (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Shorthead lizardfish, "Synodus scituliceps" Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
** Sechura lizardfish, "Synodus sechurae" Hildebrand, 1946
** Lavender lizardfish, "Synodus similis" McCulloch, 1921
** Diamond lizardfish, "Synodus synodus" (Linnaeus, 1758)
** "Synodus tectus" Cressey, 1981
** Red lizard fish, "Synodus ulae" Schultz, 1953
** "Synodus usitatus" Cressey, 1981
** Variegated lizardfish, "Synodus variegatus" (Lacepède, 1803)
* Genus "Trachinocephalus"
** Snakefish, "Trachinocephalus myops" (Forster, 1801)

References

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ee also

* Bombay duck (air dried lizardfish with a powerful odour)
* USS Lizardfish (a US submarine)