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Genera in the family or subfamily Synodontidae: [ 19 ] records

Allouarnia (subgenus of Synodus) Whitley [G. P.] 1937:219 Fem. Synodus sageneus Waite 1905. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:47 [ref. 6977], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:409 [ref. 13675], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Alpismaris Risso [A.] 1827:458 Fem. Alpismaris risso Risso 1827 (= Stolephorus risso Risso 1810). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:533 [ref. 2443]. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 in family Synodontidae -- (Anderson et al. 1966:47 [ref. 6977], Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). •Doubtfully a synonym of Aphanius Nardo 1827 in Cyprinodontidae -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:165 [ref. 6198], Wildekamp et al. 1999:24 [ref. 26561]). Current status: Uncertain as Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Austrotirus (subgenus of Synodus) Whitley [G. P.] 1937:219 Masc. Synodus similis McCulloch 1921. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:47 [ref. 6977], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:409 [ref. 13675], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Esosynodus (subgenus of Synodus) Whitley [G. P.] 1937:219 Masc. Saurus lucioceps Ayres 1855. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:46 [ref. 6977], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:409 [ref. 13675], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Exotirichthys (subgenus of Synodus) Whitley [G. P.] 1937:219 Masc. Saurus altipinnis Günther 1864. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Two additional species referred with question. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:47 [ref. 6977], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:409 [ref. 13675], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Goodella Ogilby [J. D.] 1897:249 Fem. Goodella hypozona Ogilby 1897. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Trachinocephalus Gill 1861 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:46 [ref. 6977]). Current status: Synonym of Trachinocephalus Gill 1861. Synodontidae.

Laurida Swainson [W.] 1838:242, 246 Fem. Salmo foetans of Swainson (= Salmo foetens Linnaeus 1766). Type by subsequent designation. Also in Swainson 1839:185, 287-288 [ref. 4303]. Dates to 1838:242, 246 (with 3 included species in 1838); also mentioned on pp. 43, 221, 245, 250-252, 258. Type designated by Swain 1882:279 [ref. 5966]. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], see Anderson et al. 1966:47 [ref. 6977], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Negotirus (subgenus of Synodus) Whitley [G. P.] 1937:219 Masc. Synodus evermanni Jordan & Bollman 1890. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:47 [ref. 6977], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:409 [ref. 13675] as Neotirus, Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Newtonscottia (subgenus of Synodus) Whitley [G. P.] 1937:219 Fem. Synodus houlti McCulloch 1921. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:409 [ref. 13675], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Salmosaurus Minding [J.] 1832:120 Masc. Salmosaurus lacerta Minding 1832. Apparently an unneeded new name for Saurus Cuvier 1816. •In the synonymy of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Saurus Cuvier [G.] 1816:169 Masc. Salmo saurus Linnaeus 1758. Type by absolute tautonymy. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:47 [ref. 6977], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:160 [ref. 24550], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Saurus Catesby [M.] 1771:2 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89, Opinion 259). •In the synonymy of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Soarus Linck [H. F.] 1790:38 Masc. Appeared without included species; probably a misprint for Saurus (see Gill 1903:962 [ref. 4983]). •In the synonymy of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], see Anderson et al. 1966:46 [ref. 6977], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Synodus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:396 (xlix) Masc. Esox synodus Linnaeus 1758. Type by absolute tautonymy. •Objective synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:160 [ref. 24550], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Synodus Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:449 Masc. Esox synodus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation and absolute tautonymy. Described without species, first addition of species and subsequent designator not researched. •Valid as Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:46 [ref. 6977], Cressey 1981 [ref. 5574], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:409 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:60 [ref. 6441], Cressey 1986:271 [ref. 6289], Waples & Randall 1989 [ref. 9187], Paxton et al. 1989:237 [ref. 12442] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider 1801, Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:271 [ref. 21953], Wiley et al. 1998:423 [ref. 25588], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:160 [ref. 24550], Russell 1999:1930 [ref. 24747], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Russell 2003:925 [ref. 27004], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944], Hoese & Gates 2006:468 [ref. 28997] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider 1801, Chen et al. 2007:148 [ref. 29121], Prokofiev 2008:424 [ref. 29560], Randall & Pyle 2008:657 [ref. 29852], Kimura 2009:37 [ref. 30426], Randall 2009:402 [ref. 30454], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:33 [ref. 30983], Ho et al. 2010:64 [ref. 30761], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:24 [ref. 36649], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Frable et al. 2013:122 [ref. 32553], Birindelli 2014:534 [ref. 33501], Russell 2015:543 [ref. 34253], Pietsch & Orr 2015:24 [ref. 34694], Ho et al. 2016:134 [ref. 34725], Allen et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35278], Motomura et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35490], Robertson et al. 2017:49 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:69 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:35 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:63 [ref. 36673], Polanco F. & Acero P. 2021:130 [ref. 39983], Furuhashi & Motomura 2025:1 [ref. 42144], Furuhashi & Motomura 2025:191 [ref. 42231]). Current status: Valid as Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Synodus Gronow [L. T.] 1763:112 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinions 20, 89, 261). •In the synonymy of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (see Anderson et al. 1966:46 [ref. 6977]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Tirus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:56 Masc. Tirus marmoratus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], Anderson et al. 1966:47 [ref. 6977], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.

Trachinocephalus Gill [T. N.] 1861:53 Masc. Salmo myops Forster 1801. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Trachinocephalus Gill 1861 -- (Anderson et al. 1966:37 [ref. 6977], Sulak 1977:53 [ref. 4299], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:61 [ref. 6441], Cressey 1986:273 [ref. 6289], Paxton et al. 1989:239 [ref. 12442], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:273 [ref. 21953], Russell 1999:1930 [ref. 24747], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Russell 2003:925 [ref. 27004], Hoese & Gates 2006:471 [ref. 28997], Russell 2008:261 [ref. 30632], Kottelat 2013:270 [ref. 32989], Russell 2015:546 [ref. 34253], Polanco Fernandez et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 34512], Motomura et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:71 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:35 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:65 [ref. 36673], Prokofiev 2019:414 [ref. 36808]). Current status: Valid as Trachinocephalus Gill 1861. Synodontidae.

Xystodus Ogilby [J. D.] 1910:5 Masc. Xystodus banfieldi Ogilby 1910. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated on p. 1. •Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777 -- (Sulak 1977:53 [ref. 4299], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:409 [ref. 13675], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus Scopoli 1777. Synodontidae.