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Synodus macrocephalus  Cressey, 1981
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162397

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): largehead lizardfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderCyclosquamata   
                            OrderAulopiformes  – salmons, aulopiforms  
                               SuborderSynodontoidei   
                                  FamilySynodontidae  – lizardfishes, chiles, poissons-lézards, sauries, Bombay ducks  
                                     GenusSynodus Scopoli, 1777 – lizard fishes, sharpnose lizardfishes  
                                        SpeciesSynodus macrocephalus Cressey, 1981 – largehead lizardfish  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 27-Sept-2004, website (version 16-Sep-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Synodus macrocephalus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Synodus macrocephalus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Russell, B. C. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Synodontidae: Lizardfishes (also bombay ducks, sauries)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae)   
  Page(s): 1928-1945   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-104303-7, 1020-6868  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Synodus macrocephalus, largehead lizardfish [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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