MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Synodontidae Gill, 1861

WoRMS taxon details

Synodontidae Gill, 1861

AphiaID

125449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125449)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Aulopiformes

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Subfamily Harpadontinae Bleeker, 1875
1. Genus Harpadon Lesueur, 1825
2. Genus Saurida Valenciennes, 1850
3. Genus Harpodon accepted as Harpadon Lesueur, 1825 (misspelling)
Subfamily Synodontinae Gill, 1861
1. Genus Synodus Scopoli, 1777
2. Genus Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861
3. Genus Alpismaris Risso, 1827 accepted as Synodus Scopoli, 1777
4. Genus Goodella Ogilby, 1897 accepted as Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861
5. Genus Laurida Swainson, 1838 accepted as Synodus Scopoli, 1777 (synonym)
6. Genus Saurus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Synodus Scopoli, 1777
7. Genus Tirus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Synodus Scopoli, 1777
8. Genus Trachynocephalus accepted as Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
9. Genus Trichinocephalus accepted as Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
10. Genus Xystodus Ogilby, 1910 accepted as Synodus Scopoli, 1777

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Chiefly marine; rarely brackish. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Supramaxilla small, if present. Branchiostegal...

Description Chiefly marine; rarely brackish. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Supramaxilla small, if present. Branchiostegal rays 12-26, except the neotenic Bathysaurus mollis with 8. Vertebrae 49-63. Non-hermaphroditic, except Bathysaurus. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Synodontidae Gill, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125449 on 2024-12-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]