Synodontinae

Synodontinae Temporal range: Ypresian to Holocene
Synodus saurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Synodontidae
Subfamily:	Synodontinae
Genera
See text

Synodontinae is a subfamily of lizardfishes in the Synodontidae family.

It comprises two extant genera, and one extinct genus:

• Synodus, fossil material known from Miocene-aged strata
• Trachinocephalus
• Argillichthys, known only from a skull, from the Ypresian of England

References

• Taxonomy
• Subfamily Synodontinae - Australian Faunal Directory