WoRMS taxon details
Synodus capricornis Cressey & Randall, 1978
272123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272123)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cressey, R. F.; Randall, J. E. (1978). Synodus capricornis, a new lizardfish from Easter and Pitcairn Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91 (3): 767-774. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Synodus capricornis Cressey & Randall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272123 on 2026-09-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Cressey, R. F.; Randall, J. E. (1978). Synodus capricornis, a new lizardfish from Easter and Pitcairn Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91 (3): 767-774. [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). (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
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synodus capricornis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus capricornis FIN034600 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus capricornis FIN034601 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synodus capricornis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus capricornis FIN034600 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synodus capricornis FIN034601 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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