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Fishery Bulletin 111(2) 
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Figure 6 
Distribution map of Synodus foetens and S. bondi. Symbols indicate sampling localities, not indi- 
vidual specimens. Dashed-line oval highlights area of overlap in distribution of these species. Map 
by Robert Myers (Coral Graphics), reprinted with permission. 
mens faded; black pigmentation on jaw, pectoral, and 
adipose fin easily visible; dark caudal-fin pigmentation 
less distinct in larger specimens (>280 mm SL). 
Distribution 
Synodus foetens was originally described from South 
Carolina (Linnaeus, 1766). Additional specimens ex- 
amined span the mid- and south-Atlantic coast of 
the United States: New Jersey, Maryland, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; the 
Gulf of Mexico: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 
Texas, and Mexico; Bermuda; Bahamas; Cuba; Ja- 
maica; Puerto Rico; and St. Martin in the Leeward 
Islands. One larval specimen was collected in Belize 
(Fig. 6). 
Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939 
Proposed English common name: Sharpnose 
Lizardfish 
Figures 1, 2D, 5 (C and D), and 6, Tables 1, 4, and 5 
Holotype 
ANSP 68634, 220 mm SL, Kingston, Jamaica, field 
number JB35-K-1, Jan 1935, Coll: J. Bond. 
Paratype 
ANSP 68635, 156 mm SL, Kingston, Jamaica, field 
number JB35-K-1, Jan 1935, Coll: J. Bond. 
Additional material 
(DNA numbers for specimens that are vouchers are 
given in parentheses following catalog numbers). Be- 
lize: KU 34275 (KUIT 5804: JX519392), 1; UF 137041, 
8; USNM 300454, 1; USNM 328256, 1; Brazil: UF 
213980, 1; UF 123639, 6; French Guiana: UF 211687, 1; 
Guyana: UF 123665, 1; Haiti: USNM 133666, 1; Hondu- 
ras: UF 123637, 1; Jamaica: UF 5191, 1; USNM 38538, 
1; USNM 32076, 1; Panama: UF 75450, 1; UF 75707, 1; 
USNM 390121, 3; USNM 389847, 2; USNM 389982, 7; 
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago: UF 123636, 3; Venezuela: 
UF 123656, 1; UF 123659, 1; USNM 405447, 1. 
Diagnosis 
A species of Synodus distinguished by the following 
combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays 11-12; anal- 
fin rays 10-12, rarely 12; pectoral-fin rays 12-14; total 
caudal-fin rays 42; configuration of caudal-fin rays al- 
ways 12 dorsal procurrent caudal rays + 10 segmented 
dorsal rays + 9 segmented ventral rays + 11 ventral 
