randalli, Synodus Cressey [R. F.] 1981:33, Fig. 27 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 342; ref. 5574] Off Port Sudan, Sudan, Red Sea, depth 80 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BPBM 24807. •Valid as Synodus randalli Cressey 1981 -- (Dor 1984:47 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:12 [ref. 25356], Randall 2009:402 [ref. 30454], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:61 [ref. 35264], DiBattista et al. 2015:19 [ref. 35706], Fricke et al. 2018:70 [ref. 35805], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[4] 242 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:35 [ref. 36273], Psomadakis et al. 2020:316 [ref. 37272] as cf. randalli, Russell 2022:219 [ref. 39701], Turan & Doğdu in Langeneck et al. 2023:624 [ref. 40699], Christidis & Kosoglou in Christidis et al. 2024:463 [ref. 41373], Ergüden et al. 2024:121 [ref. 41265]). Current status: Valid as Synodus randalli Cressey 1981. Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: South Africa, Madagascar; eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant) Habitat: marine.