CHECK LIST OF FISHES 163 



Order Z. INIOMI 

 Family 99. SYNODONTID-ffl. Lizardfishes 



Genus 403. TRACHINOCEPHALUS Gill. 



Trachinocephalus Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. Amer., Suppl., Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 53 {Saurus tnyops Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes). 



1235. Trachinocephalus myops (Forster). Ground spearing; Lagarto; S7iake- 



fish. 



Tropical parts of the western Atlantic; West Indies and Brazil to 

 coast of South Carolina; occasionally northward to Woods Hole. 



Salmo myops Fonster, in Bloch and Schneider, Svst. Ichth.. 1801, 421, 

 St. Helena. 



Osmerus lemniacatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 236, Mar- 

 tinique; after Plumier. 



Saurus truncatuf! Agassiz, Pise. Brasil., 1828, 82, Brazil. 



Saurus brevirostris Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 305, Cuba; erroneously 

 stated to have 10 rays. 



Genus 404. SYNODUS Gronow. Lizardfishes. 



Synodus Gronow, in Scopoli, Int. Hist. Nat., 1777, 449 {S. synodus L.). 

 Tirus Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 56 (T. marmoratus Rafinesque = 



Esox synodu.i Linnaeus). 

 Saurus Cuvier, R&gne Anim., ed. 1, 1817, 169 {Salmo saurus Linniieus). 

 Alpismnris Risso, Europ. Mcrid., Ill, 1826, 458 {A. risso Risso, very 



young). 



1236. Synodus synodus (Linnaeus). 



Coast of Brazil and Les.ser Antilles. 



lEsnx synodus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766, 516, America; ba.sed 

 on Synodus of Gronow. 



1237. Synodus saurus (Linnapu.s). Tarentola; Lacerto; Tiru. 



Coasts of .southern Europe and neighboring i.>lands, recorded by Doctor 

 Goode from the Bermudas. 



Salmo saurux Liniiieus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 1766, 511, Mediterranean; 

 after .\rtedi. 



Saurus griseus Lowe, Trans., Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1841, 188, Madeira. 



Saurida meditcrrane i Swainson, Nat. Hist. Anim., II, 1839, 287, Medi- 

 terranean; name only. 



Tirus marmoratus Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810. 56, Palermo. 



Alpismaris risso Risso, Europ. Merid., Ill, 1S26, 458; very young. 



Synodus lacerta Goode, Bull., T'. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1S76, 6S, Bermuda 

 specimen; not of Ri.sso. 



1238. Synodus fcetens (Linnteu.s). Lizardfish; (,'a'livasp; Lagarln; Softj)fish. 



Cape Cod to Brazil, very common from South Carolina southward on 



.satidy coasts. 

 Salmo fnclens Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766, 513, South Carolina. 

 Osmerus alhidus Lacdp^dc, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., V, 1803, 229, Caroiinas; 



after Liniueu.s. 

 Coregonus ruber Lacepede, loc. cit., 263, Martinique; after Phunier. 

 Esox salmoneus Mitchill, Trans., Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 1815, 442, 



New York. 

 tSaurus longiroslris Agassiz, Spix. Pise. Brasil., 1828, pi. 43, Brazil. 

 Saurus mexicanus Cuvier, Rrgne Anim., ed. 2, 1829, 314, Mexico. 

 Snuriis sjiixianus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 304, Cuba. 



1230. Synodus lucioceps (.\yres). 



San Francisco to Santa Barbara, rather common in summer. 



Saurii.s lucioceps Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., I, 1855, 69, San 



I''r;incisco. 



1240. Synodus jenkinsi .lorHais atiii BoMinuii. 



Gulf of California to Galapagos Islanris in 16 to 33 fathoms; common. 

 Synodus jenkinni .Jordan and Bollman, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 

 1889, 153, off coast of Colombia, Galapagos Islands, 



