Synodontidae

Lizardfishes

83 species

1. 1Harpadon erythraeus Klausewitz, 1983ocean · deep-water
2. 2Harpadon microchir Günther, 1878ocean · tropical
3. 3Harpadon mortenseni Hardenberg, 1933ocean · tropical
4. 4Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822) · Bombay-duckbrackish · ocean · tropical · full sheet
5. 5Harpadon nudus Ganga & Thomas, 2016ocean · deep-water
6. 6Harpadon squamosus Alcock, 1891ocean · tropical
7. 7Harpadon translucens Saville-Kent, 1889 · Glassy Bombay duckbrackish · ocean · tropical
8. 8Saurida argentea Macleay, 1881 · Shortfin sauryocean · tropical
9. 9Saurida brasiliensis Norman, 1935 · Brazilian lizardfishocean · subtropical
10. 10Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927 · Smallscale lizardfishocean · tropical
11. 11Saurida elongata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) · Slender lizardfishocean · temperate
12. 12Saurida filamentosa Ogilby, 1910 · Threadfin sauryocean · temperate
13. 13Saurida flamma Waples, 1982 · Orangemouth lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
14. 14Saurida golanii Russell, 2011 · Golani's lizardfishocean · tropical
15. 15Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · Gracile lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
16. 16Saurida isarankurai Shindo & Yamada, 1972 · Shortjaw sauryocean · tropical
17. 17Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015ocean · subtropical
18. 18Saurida longimanus Norman, 1939 · Longfin lizardfishocean · tropical
19. 19Saurida macrolepis Tanaka, 1917ocean · tropical
20. 20Saurida microlepis Wu & Wang, 1931ocean · temperate
21. 21Saurida micropectoralis Shindo & Yamada, 1972 · Shortfin lizardfishocean · tropical
22. 22Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850 · Clouded lizardfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
23. 23Saurida normani Longley, 1935 · Shortjaw lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
24. 24Saurida parri Norman, 1935ocean · tropical
25. 25Saurida pseudotumbil Dutt & Sagar, 1981ocean · tropical
26. 26Saurida suspicio Breder, 1927 · Suspicious lizardfishocean · tropical
27. 27Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795) · Greater lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
28. 28Saurida tweddlei Russell, 2015brackish · ocean · tropical
29. 29Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo, 2006ocean · temperate
30. 30Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) · Brushtooth lizardfishocean · subtropical · reef
31. 31Saurida wanieso Shindo & Yamada, 1972 · Wanieso lizardfishocean · tropical
32. 32Saurida weijeni Russell, Malay & Cabebe-Barnuevo, 2024 · Wei-Jen’s lizardfishocean · tropical · newer than the 2023 backbone
33. 33Synodus binotatus Schultz, 1953 · Twospot lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
34. 34Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939 · Sharpnose lizardfishocean · tropical
35. 35Synodus capricornis Cressey & Randall, 1978 · Capricorn lizardfishocean · subtropical
36. 36Synodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912 · Sand lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
37. 37Synodus doaki Russell & Cressey, 1979 · Arrowtooth lizardfishocean · temperate · reef
38. 38Synodus evermanni Jordan & Bollman, 1890 · Inotted lizardfishocean · tropical
39. 39Synodus falcatus Waples & Randall, 1989ocean · subtropical
40. 40Synodus fasciapelvicus Randall, 2009ocean · tropical
41. 41Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Inshore lizardfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
42. 42Synodus fuscus Tanaka, 1917ocean · subtropical
43. 43Synodus gibbsi Cressey, 1981ocean · tropical
44. 44Synodus hoshinonis Tanaka, 1917 · Blackear lizardfishbrackish · ocean · tropical
45. 45Synodus indicus (Day, 1873) · Indian lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
46. 46Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) · Sand diverocean · subtropical · reef
47. 47Synodus isolatus Randall, 2009 · Rapanui lizardfishocean · tropical
48. 48Synodus jaculum Russell & Cressey, 1979 · Lighthouse lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
49. 49Synodus kaianus (Günther, 1880) · Gunther's lizardfishocean · deep-water
50. 50Synodus lacertinus Gilbert, 1890 · Sauro lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
51. 51Synodus lobeli Waples & Randall, 1989 · Lobel's lizardfishocean · tropical
52. 52Synodus lucioceps (Ayres, 1855) · California lizardfishocean · subtropical · reef
53. 53Synodus macrocephalus Cressey, 1981ocean · tropical
54. 54Synodus macrops Tanaka, 1917 · Triplecross lizardfishocean · tropical
55. 55Synodus macrostigmus Frable, Luther & Baldwin, 2013 · Largespot lizardfishocean · tropical
56. 56Synodus marchenae Hildebrand, 1946 · Lizardfishocean · tropical
57. 57Synodus mascarensis Prokofiev, 2008ocean · tropical
58. 58Synodus mundyi Randall, 2009ocean · tropical
59. 59Synodus nigrotaeniatus Allen, Erdmann & Peristiwady, 2017 · Blackstripe lizardfishocean · tropical
60. 60Synodus oculeus Cressey, 1981 · Large-eye lizardfishocean · tropical
61. 61Synodus orientalis Randall & Pyle, 2008 · Asian lizardfishocean · tropical
62. 62Synodus pacificus Ho, Chen & Shao, 2016 · Omega lizardfishocean · subtropical
63. 63Synodus poeyi Jordan, 1887 · Offshore lizardfishocean · subtropical · reef
64. 64Synodus pylei Randall, 2009ocean · tropical
65. 65Synodus randalli Cressey, 1981ocean · tropical
66. 66Synodus rubromarmoratus Russell & Cressey, 1979 · Redmarbled lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
67. 67Synodus sageneus Waite, 1905 · Speartoothed grinnerocean · tropical
68. 68Synodus sanguineus Randall, 2009ocean · tropical
69. 69Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Atlantic lizardfishocean · subtropical
70. 70Synodus scituliceps Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · Shorthead lizardfishocean · tropical
71. 71Synodus sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 · Sechura lizardfishocean · tropical
72. 72Synodus similis McCulloch, 1921 · Lavender lizardfishocean · temperate · reef
73. 73Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Diamond lizardfishocean · subtropical · reef
74. 74Synodus taiwanensis Chen, Ho & Shao, 2007ocean · subtropical
75. 75Synodus tectus Cressey, 1981 · Tectus lizardfishocean · tropical
76. 76Synodus ulae Schultz, 1953 · Red lizard fishocean · tropical
77. 77Synodus usitatus Cressey, 1981ocean · tropical
78. 78Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803) · Variegated lizardfishocean · tropical · reef
79. 79Synodus vityazi Ho, Prokofiev & Shao, 2010ocean · tropical
80. 80Trachinocephalus atrisignis Prokofiev, 2019ocean · tropical · reef
81. 81Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco Fernandez, Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2016ocean · tropical · reef
82. 82Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801) · Snakefishocean · tropical · reef
83. 83Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)brackish · ocean · tropical · reef

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.