WoRMS taxon details
Synodus indicus (Day, 1873)
217669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217669)
accepted
Species
Saurus indicus Day, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Synodus dietrichi Kotthaus, 1967 · unaccepted
Trachinocephalus indicus (Day, 1873) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Saurus indicus Day, 1873) Day, F. (1873). On some new fishes of India. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> v. 11: 524-530.
page(s): 526 [details]
page(s): 526 [details]
Description Found in shelf waters. Inhabits soft bottoms (Ref. 9710). Sold fresh and dried salted in markets.
Description Found in shelf waters. Inhabits soft bottoms (Ref. 9710). Sold fresh and dried salted in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Synodus indicus (Day, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217669 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Synodus dietrichi Kotthaus, 1967) Kotthaus, A. (1967). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> No. 1: 1-84. [details]
original description (of Saurus indicus Day, 1873) Day, F. (1873). On some new fishes of India. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> v. 11: 524-530.
page(s): 526 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Saurus indicus Day, 1873) Day, F. (1873). On some new fishes of India. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> v. 11: 524-530.
page(s): 526 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in shelf waters. Inhabits soft bottoms (Ref. 9710). Sold fresh and dried salted in markets. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Indian lizardfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Saurus indicus Day, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synodus indicus)
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus dietrichi Kotthaus, 1967)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus indicus Day, 1873)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Saurus indicus Day, 1873)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus dietrichi RAD104251-001) (from synonym Synodus dietrichi Kotthaus, 1967)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus dietrichi RAD104280-013) (from synonym Synodus dietrichi Kotthaus, 1967)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus indicus FIN034617 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus indicus FIN034618 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Saurus indicus Day, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synodus indicus)
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus dietrichi Kotthaus, 1967)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus indicus Day, 1873)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Saurus indicus Day, 1873)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus dietrichi RAD104251-001) (from synonym Synodus dietrichi Kotthaus, 1967)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus dietrichi RAD104280-013) (from synonym Synodus dietrichi Kotthaus, 1967)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus indicus FIN034617 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus indicus FIN034618 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
