WoRMS taxon details
Synodus lucioceps (Ayres, 1855)
272132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272132)
accepted
Species
Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Descriptions of new species of Californian fishes.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (Series 1) v. 1 (pt 1): 23-77. [Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings 1873 with slightly different pagination; see also Ayres 1854.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Synodus lucioceps (Ayres, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272132 on 2025-12-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Descriptions of new species of Californian fishes.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (Series 1) v. 1 (pt 1): 23-77. [Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings 1873 with slightly different pagination; see also Ayres 1854.]. [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smallscale lizardfishCalifornia lizardfish | [details] |
| French | poisson-lézard à petites écailles | [details] |
| Spanish | chile lucio | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synodus lucioceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus lucioceps RAD104460-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus lucioceps RAD104461-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synodus lucioceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Saurus lucioceps Ayres, 1855)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus lucioceps RAD104460-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus lucioceps RAD104461-001)
To ITIS
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