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Encyclopedia > Synodontidae

Synodontidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Genera
(three, see text)

The Synodontidae is a family of fish that are frequently referred to as the "lizard fishes." Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Families Suborder Enchodontoidei   Dercetidae (extinct)   Cimolichthyidae (extinct)   Prionolepididae (extinct)   Enchodontidae (extinct)   Eurypholidae (extinct)   Halecidae (extinct)   Apateopholidae (extinct)   Ichthyotringidae (extinct) Suborder Giganturoidei   Giganturidae (telescopefishes) Suborder Aulopoidei   Aulopodidae (aulopus) Suborder Chlorophthalmoidei   Chlorophthalmidae (greeneyes)   Ipnopidae   Scopelarchidae (pearleyes)   Notosudidae (waryfishes) Suborder Alepisauroidei   Synodontidae (lizardfishes)   Pseudotrichonotidae   Paralepididae (barracudinas)   Anotopteridae (daggertooth)   Evermannelidae (sabertooth fishes)   Omosudidae   Alepisauridae... A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups, typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal relationships including domestic partnership, adoption, surname and in some cases ownership (as was the case in the Roman... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: the most abundant species of fish in the world. ...


There are three genera:

  • Bathysaurinae
  • Harpadontinae
  • Synodontinae

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Synodontidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (80 words)
From plate 18 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
Synodontidae is a family of fish known as lizardfishes.
Lizardfishes are marine fish found throughout the world.
Synodus dermatogenys (829 words)
エソ科, アカエソ属, ミナミアカエソ, MINAMIAKAESO, Sand lizardfish, Synodus dermatogenys, Synodontidae, Synodus.
Small-bodied lizardfish (Synodontidae: Synodus dermatogenys), known predators on juvenile damselfishes, were recorded but not observed attacking.
: Small-bodied lizardfish (Synodontidae: Synodus dermatogenys), known predators on juvenile damselfishes, were recorded but not observed attacking.
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