Currently, 46 species in this genus are recognized: •
Synodus binotatus L. P. Schultz, 1953 (two-spot lizardfish) •
Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939 (sharp-nose lizardfish) •
Synodus marchenae Hildebrand, 1946 (lizardfish) •
Synodus mascarensis Prokofiev, 2008 •
Synodus mundyi J. E. Randall, 2009 •
Synodus oculeus Cressey, 1981 (large-eye lizardfish) •
Synodus orientalis J. E. Randall &
Pyle, 2008 •
Synodus pacificus H. C. Ho,
J. P. Chen &
K. T. Shao, 2016 •
Synodus poeyi D. S. Jordan, 1887 (offshore lizardfish) •
Synodus pylei J. E. Randall, 2009 •
Synodus randalli Cressey, 1981 •
Synodus rubromarmoratus B. C. Russell & Cressey, 1979 (red-marbled lizardfish) •
Synodus sageneus Waite, 1905 (spear-toothed lizardfish) •
Synodus sanguineus J. E. Randall, 2009 •
Synodus saurus (Linnaeus,
1758) (Atlantic lizardfish) •
Synodus scituliceps D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (short-head lizardfish) •
Synodus sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 (Sechura lizardfish) •
Synodus similis McCulloch, 1921 (lavender lizardfish) •
Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758) (diamond lizardfish) •
Synodus taiwanensis J. P. Chen, H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2007 •
Synodus tectus Cressey, 1981 (tectus lizardfish) •
Synodus ulae L. P. Schultz, 1953 (red lizardfish) •
Synodus usitatus Cressey, 1981 •
Synodus variegatus (
Lacépède, 1803) (variegated lizardfish) •
Synodus vityazi H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2010 A single fossil species, †
Synodus avus Arambourg, 1928 is known from the latest Miocene (
Messinian) of
Algeria. ==References==