dermatogenys, Synodus Fowler [H. W.] 1912:566, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 63 (for 1911); ref. 14954] Hawaiian Island. Holotype: ANSP 28130. Paratypes: ANSP 28131-34 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:160 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Synodus variegatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Cressey 1981:6 [ref. 5574]). •Valid as Synodus dermatogenys Fowler 1912 -- (Waples & Randall 1989:190 [ref. 9187], Randall et al. 1990:50 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:41 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:272 [ref. 21953], Randall 1995:79 [ref. 22896], Kuiter 1997:38 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:50 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:64 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:93 [ref. 24106], Russell 1999:1941 [ref. 24747], Johnson 1999:723 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:355 [ref. 25086], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:127 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:39 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:147 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:355 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:613 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:20 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:116 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:63 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:200 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Gates 2006:468 [ref. 28997], Chen et al. 2007:149 [ref. 29121], Randall 2007:110 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:24 [ref. 30213], Kimura 2009:37 [ref. 30426], Ho & Shao 2010:66 [ref. 31054], Motomura et al. 2010:76 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:358 [ref. 31242], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Allen & Erdmann 2012:124 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:46 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:28 [ref. 33932], Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Koeda et al. 2016:11 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:69 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:35 [ref. 36273], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:56 [ref. 36460], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:120 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:63 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:64 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:314 [ref. 37272], Dewa et al. 2022:15 [ref. 40001], Russell 2022:216 [ref. 39701], Allen & Erdmann 2024:136 [ref. 40796], Anto et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40874], Fricke et al. 2024:87 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Synodus dermatogenys Fowler 1912. Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) and Lakshadweep (India) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), northern New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.
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