lacertinus, Synodus Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:55 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Acapulco, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 44300. •Valid as Synodus lacertinus Gilbert 1890 -- (Pequeño 1989:34 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:72 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:54 [ref. 23101], Bussing & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:1627 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:296 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:200 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:171 [ref. 24555], Groce et al. 2001:153 [ref. 25754], Nelson et al. 2004:88 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:40 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:253 [ref. 28944], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:442 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:61 [ref. 39279], Polanco F. & Acero P. 2021:137 [ref. 39983], Grove et al. 2022:17 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Synodus lacertinus Gilbert 1890. Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of northern Baja California (Mexico) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Malpelo Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.