saurus, Salmo Linnaeus [C.] 1758:310 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Europe; Greece, Rome (Italy), Red Sea (erroneous). No types known. Based on the "Osmerus radiis pinnae anae undecim" of Artedi 1738:10 [ref. 30578] and Artedi 1738:22 [ref. 30349], which were based on the "Lacertus peregrinus vel rubri maris" of Gesner 1558:468 [ref. 30350] and Gesner 1598:45 [ref. 37990], and the "Saurus" of Salviani 1558:242b, 243a, Pl. 239 [ref. 30229], Aldrovandi 1638: 276, Pl. 277 (left figure) [ref. 37991] and Jonston 1649: Pl. 21 (fig. 12) [30579], the "Saurus Salviani, tarantula romae" of Willughby 1686: app, p. 29 [ref. 30164] and Ray 1713:66 [ref. 30231]. Composite species, in need of a neotype designation. •Valid as Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:410 [ref. 13675], Sulak 1990:367 [ref. 15106], Cervigón 1992:447 [ref. 23827], Santos et al. 1997:41 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:41 [ref. 24952], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:149 [ref. 25013], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:43 [ref. 26753], Russell 2003:929 [ref. 27004], Smith et al. 2003:11 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:88 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:22 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:58 [ref. 29533], Fricke 2008:19 [ref. 30182], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:36 [ref. 30983], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:24 [ref. 36649], Frable et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32553], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:28 [ref. 33341], Russell 2016:1827 [ref. 34572], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:108 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:24 [ref. 37828], Bariche & Fricke 2020:41 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37519], Golani 2021:24 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:183 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas and Lesser Antilles; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Senegal and Gabon, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara. Habitat: marine.
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