WoRMS taxon details
Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758)
126373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126373)
accepted
Species
Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Saurus atlanticus Johnson, 1863 · unaccepted
Saurus meleagrides Valenciennes, 1834 · unaccepted
Saurus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Synodus atlanticus (Johnson, 1863) · unaccepted
Synodus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Synodus meleagrides (Valenciennes, 1834) · unaccepted
Synodus nicholsi Breder, 1927 · unaccepted
Synodus synodus atlanticus (Johnson, 1863) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Synodus synodus atlanticus (Johnson, 1863) accepted as Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution 42.35°N to Florida, and southwestern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay, including the Caribbean
Distribution 42.35°N to Florida, and southwestern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay, including the Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126373 on 2026-05-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Synodus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 318, 321 [details]
original description (of Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Saurus atlanticus Johnson, 1863) Johnson, J. Y. (1863). Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained at Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863.</em> (pt 1) (art. 5) : 36-46, Pl. 7. [details]
original description (of Saurus meleagrides Valenciennes, 1834) Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 318, 321 [details]
original description (of Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Saurus atlanticus Johnson, 1863) Johnson, J. Y. (1863). Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained at Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863.</em> (pt 1) (art. 5) : 36-46, Pl. 7. [details]
original description (of Saurus meleagrides Valenciennes, 1834) Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). 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
Unreviewed
Distribution 42.35°N to Florida, and southwestern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay, including the Caribbean [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Primarily found in shallow inshore waters. Rests on hard surfaces rather than on sand. [details]
To Barcode of Life (75 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Synodus meleagrides (Valenciennes, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Saurus atlanticus Johnson, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Synodus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Saurus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Saurus meleagrides Valenciennes, 1834)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synodus synodus)
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus nicholsi Breder, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus meleagrides (Valenciennes, 1834))
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus atlanticus (Johnson, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus meleagrides Valenciennes, 1834)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus atlanticus Johnson, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus synodus atlanticus (Johnson, 1863))
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Saurus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus synodus RAD104414-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus synodus RAD104415-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Synodus meleagrides (Valenciennes, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Saurus atlanticus Johnson, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Synodus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Saurus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Saurus meleagrides Valenciennes, 1834)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synodus synodus)
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus nicholsi Breder, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus meleagrides (Valenciennes, 1834))
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus atlanticus (Johnson, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus meleagrides Valenciennes, 1834)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus atlanticus Johnson, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Synodus synodus atlanticus (Johnson, 1863))
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Saurus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus synodus RAD104414-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus synodus RAD104415-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
