Species that contain: Synodus and saurus [ 27 ] records

anolis, Saurus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:483 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Martinique Island, West Indies. Syntypes: MNHN A-8611 (1, dry) Martinique, B-1022 (1) Martinique. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:6-7 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Frable et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32553] with author as Agassiz). Current status: Synonym of Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

atlanticus, Saurus Johnson [J. Y.] 1863:41 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863 (pt 1) (art. 5) (for 13 Jan. 1863); ref. 5021] Madeira. Holotype: BMNH 1862.2.5.1. •Synonym of Synodus synodus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:411 [ref. 13675], Edwards & Glass 1987:629 [ref. 9166], Sulak 1990:369 [ref. 15106], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus synodus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

cinereus, Synodus Hildebrand [S. F.] 1948:10, Fig. 5 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 110 (no. 9); ref. 2162] Clarence Harbor, Bahamas. Holotype: USNM 53079. Paratypes: USNM 53078 (1). •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:410 [ref. 13675], Sulak 1990:368 [ref. 15106]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

erythraeus, Saurus Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:590 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Syntypes: ZMB 8058 (1). •Synonym of Synodus variegatus (Lacepède 1803). Current status: Synonym of Synodus variegatus (Lacepède 1803). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Osmerus Risso [A.] 1810:326 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-0851 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1945:375 [ref. 21554], Bertin & Estève 1950:5-6 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], Sulak 1990:367 [ref. 15106], Bariche & Fricke 2020:41 [ref. 37515]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

ferox, Saurus Eydoux [J. F. T.] & Souleyet [F. A.] 1850:197, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 4501] No locality. Genus misprinted Saurux once on p. 197. •Status uncertain, genus Synodus -- (Waples & Randall 1989:204 [ref. 9187]). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

foetens, Salmo Linnaeus [C.] 1766:513 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] South Carolina, U.S.A., 32°47'34.80"N, 79°39'46.80"N, depth 10 meters. Neotype: USNM 405413. Original spelling fötens. Based on multiple sources, including the 'Whiting' in a manuscript description by A. Garden [South Carolina], and the 'Saurus ex cinereo nigricans' of Catesby 1743:2, Pl. 2, fig. 2 (v. 2) [ref. 774] [(South) Carolina]. Neotype designated by Frable et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32553]. •Valid as Synodus foetens (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:164 [ref. 14275], Smith 1986:399 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:80 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:149 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:70 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:446 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:583 [ref. 16204], Murdy et al. 1997:79 [ref. 23144], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:610 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:149 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:151 [ref. 27754], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639], Figueiredo & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:49 [ref. 27192], Russell 2003:928 [ref. 27004], Smith et al. 2003:11 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:88 [ref. 27807], García-Hernández et al. 2009:91 [ref. 37265], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:33 [ref. 30983], Frable et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32553], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:8 [ref. 34324], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36103], Carneiro et al. 2019:108 [ref. 37250], Ribeiro et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36717], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:23 [ref. 37828], Robertson et al. 2020:163 [ref. 38098], Caires in Marceniuk et al. 2021:179 [ref. 38945], Robertson et al. 2022:87 [ref. 39353], Carvalho-Filho 2023:76 [ref. 40480], Gurgel-Lourenço et al. 2023:75 [ref. 41056], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Synodus foetens (Linnaeus 1766). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New Jersey (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Puerto Rico and Saint Martin (West Indies), including Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea; records from northern Brazil need verification. IUCN (2015): Least concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

griseus, Saurus Lowe [R. T.] 1838:188 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14); ref. 2831] Off Madeira. No types known. •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], Sulak 1990:368 [ref. 15106], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:43 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:22 [ref. 37112], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:24 [ref. 36649], Bariche & Fricke 2020:41 [ref. 37515]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Saurus Day [F.] 1873:526 [The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v. 11; ref. 17368] Madras, India [Indian Ocean]. Lectotype: ZSI F2337. Paralectotypes (2) and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7672 (1, non-type); RMNH 8817 (1), 2761 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:102 [ref. 20743] as holotype, Whitehead & Talwar 1976:154 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:298 [ref. 25110]. Type designated by Norman 1935:114 [ref. 13913] but see Cressey 1981:23 [ref. 5574] for discussion about types. •Valid as Synodus indicus (Day 1873) -- (Cressey 1981:21 [ref. 5574], Dor 1984:47 [ref. 29757], Cressey 1986:272 [ref. 6289], Allen & Swainston 1988:36 [ref. 25477], Budnichenko 1989:241 [ref. 13371], Paxton et al. 1989:238 [ref. 12442], Manilo 1992:21 [130] [ref. 39140], Goren & Dor 1994:12 [ref. 25356], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:272 [ref. 21953], Allen 1997:60 [ref. 23977], Anderson et al. 1998:21 [ref. 23611], Russell 1999:1942 [ref. 24747], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:57 [ref. 26587], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:115 [ref. 28072], Hoese & Gates 2006:468 [ref. 28997], Larson et al. 2013:46 [ref. 32988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:170 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:70 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:35 [ref. 36273], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:315 [ref. 37272], Russell 2022:217 [ref. 39701]). Current status: Valid as Synodus indicus (Day 1873). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Seychelles east to Indonesia, north to Philippines, south to northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

intermedius, Saurus Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:81, Pl. 44 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Off northeastern Brazil, 0°01'48.00"S, 44°49°47.99"W, depth 62-64 meters. Neotype: USNM 398292. Neotype designated by Frable et al 2013:132 [ref. 32553]. •Valid as Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:163 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:80 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:146 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:70 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:446 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:583 [ref. 16204] with author as Spix, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:611 [ref. 23897], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:149 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25466] with question, Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:151 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:989 [ref. 25909], Figueiredo & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:50 [ref. 27192], Russell 2003:928 [ref. 27004], Smith et al. 2003:11 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:88 [ref. 27807], Wirtz et al. 2007:25 [ref. 30263] with question, Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:33 [ref. 30983], Frable et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32553] with author Agassiz, Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:27 [ref. 33341], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:64 [ref. 37485], Pinheiro et al. 2015:8 [ref. 34324], Reiner 2019:100 [ref. 38139], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:24 [ref. 37828], Robertson et al. 2020:163 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38844], Caires in Marceniuk et al. 2021:180 [ref. 38945], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:73 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:75 [ref. 40480], Gurgel-Lourenço et al. 2023:76 [ref. 41056], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

kaianus, Saurus Günther [A.] 1880:50, Pl. 23 (fig. C) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Kai Islands, Molucca Islands, Indonesia, Challenger station 192, depth 129 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.594. •Valid as Synodus kaianus (Günther 1880) -- (Cressey 1981:25 [ref. 5574], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:61 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:165, 344 [ref. 8057], Allen & Swainston 1988:36 [ref. 25477], Waples & Randall 1989:197 [ref. 9187], Paxton et al. 1989:238 [ref. 12442], Allen 1997:60 [ref. 23977], Russell 1999:1942 [ref. 24747], Nakabo 2000:357 [ref. 25086], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:300 [ref. 25995], Chen 2002:53 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:357 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:409 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:201 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Gates 2006:469 [ref. 28997], Randall 2007:111 [ref. 30952], Larson et al. 2013:47 [ref. 32988], Ho et al. 2016:139 [ref. 34725], Choi & Kim 2022:191 [ref. 39221], Russell 2022:218 [ref. 39701], Choi et al. 2023:[3] [ref. 40657]). Current status: Valid as Synodus kaianus (Günther 1880). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Saya de Malha Bank; northern Western Australia; Indonesia east to Fiji and Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Korea and southern Japan, larvae reaching Jeju Island (Korea), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

longirostris, Saurus Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:80, Pl. 43 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Brazil (?Salvador, Bahia). Potential syntypes: MHNN 793 (2), ?MNHN B-0977 (1). Type catalog: Kottelat 1984:146 [ref. 21784]). •Synonym of Synodus foetens (Linnaeus 1766). Current status: Synonym of Synodus foetens (Linnaeus 1766). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

lucioceps, Saurus Ayres [W. O.] 1855:66 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 159] San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Published Aug. 1855. •Valid as Synodus lucioceps (Ayres 1855) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:91 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:132 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:99 [ref. 14674], Bussing & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:1627 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:297 [ref. 24545], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:120 [ref. 25206], Groce et al. 2001:153 [ref. 25754], Richards & Engle 2001:181 [ref. 25759], Nelson et al. 2004:88 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:40 [ref. 37547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:24 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:106 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:44 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:61 [ref. 39279], Polanco F. & Acero P. 2021:140 [ref. 39983], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Synodus lucioceps (Ayres 1855). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: British Columbia (Canada) south to Pacific coast of Baja California (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

lucius, Saurus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:232, Pl. 106 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Shimabara, near Nagasaki, Japan. No types known. Based on a drawing and manuscript of Burger (Boeseman 1947:172 [ref. 12876]). •Status uncertain, in Synodus -- (Waples & Randall 1989:204 [ref. 9187]). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Tirus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:56, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:35 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], Sulak 1990:367 [ref. 15106] as maromoratus, Parenti 2019:104 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

mediterranea, Laurida Swainson [W.] 1838:242, 246, Fig. 48 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Unneeded new name for Salmo saurus Linnaeus 1758 •Objective synonym of Salmo saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

melasma, Saurus Gruvel [A.] & Chabanaud [P.] (ex Dollfus) 1937:4 [Mémoires présentées à l'Institut d'Égypte N. S., v. 35; ref. 17405] Suez, Gulf of Suez, Egypt, Red Sea. Non-types: MNHN 1979-0688 (1). See Goren & Dor 1994: 12 [ref. 25356]. Current status: Uncertain as Synodus melasma (Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

meleagrides, Saurus Valenciennes [A.] 1834:Pl. 11 (fig. 3) [Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale; ref. 20720] Buenos Aires, Argentina. Syntypes [incorrect]: MNHN 0000-3416 (3, poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:7 [ref. 19576]. Name available from plate, description in Valenciennes 1847:10 [ref. 5010]. Pl. 11 was published in 1834; no types. •Synonym of Synodus synodus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:411 [ref. 13675], Sulak 1990:369 [ref. 15106]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus synodus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

mexicanus, Saurus Cuvier [G.] 1829:314 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Gulf of Mexico. No types known. •Synonym of Synodus foetens (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Frable et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32553]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus foetens (Linnaeus 1766). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

reticulatus, Esox Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:18 [Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz; ref. 3582] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2019:111 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

risso, Alpismaris Risso [A.] 1827:458 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Perhaps the same as Stolephorus risso Risso 1810 and not a new description. •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:410 [ref. 13675], Sulak 1990:368 [ref. 15106]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

risso, Stolephorus Risso [A.] 1810:342, Pl. 10 (fig. 36) [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sulak 1990:367 [ref. 15106]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

rubrotaeniata, Saurida Liénard [F.] in Sauvage 1891:482 [Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar; ref. 14503] [Ile Maurice] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Based on 'Saurus à galon rouge' of Liénard 1839:41 [ref. 17536] and Liénard 1840:297 [ref. 30337]; description quoted from Liénard. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:95 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Synodus variegatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Fricke 1999:94 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus variegatus (Lacepède 1803). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

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.

spixianus, Saurus Poey [F.] 1860:304 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 6884. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:176 [ref. 22926]. •Synonym of Synodus foetens (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Frable et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32553]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus foetens (Linnaeus 1766). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

trivirgatus, Saurus Valenciennes [A.] 1839:[72], Pl. 15 (fig. 1) [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Canary Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8608 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:6 [ref. 19576]. Dates to Pl. 15 in Nov. 1839, p. 72 published in 1843. •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nielsen 1973:161 [ref. 6885], Sulak 1990:368 [ref. 15106]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

vulgaris, Saurus Cloquet [H.] 1827:454 (v. 47) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] Antilles, Arabian Coast and Mediterranean Sea. Unneeded new name for Salmo saurus Linaneus 1758. •Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:410 [ref. 13675]). Current status: Synonym of Synodus saurus (Linnaeus 1758). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.