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A fact from Synodus isolatus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that despite commonly being caught with a hook and line, the holotype of the Rapa Nui lizardfish was instead collected with a spear?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Synodus isolatus.

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 23:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that despite commonly being caught with a hook and line, the holotype for the Rapa Nui lizardfish was instead collected with a spear? Source: Randall, J. Cea, A. 2011. Shore Fishes of Easter Island. University of Hawaii Press

AND Randall, J.E., 2009. Five new Indo-Pacific lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Zoological Studies 48(3):407-417.

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Until August

Created by Ryan shell (talk). Self-nominated at 03:20, 12 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Synodus isolatus; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:
Older comment: Quotes limited sources; 3/4 sources are not verifiable as these are sources with no links, specific identifiers (e.g. ISBN) to identify the sources accurately and page numbers. Article is newly written with no large issues. There are some links to non existent articles which need to be corrected. Also, the sources quoted does not provide links or any identifiers or page numbers to verify the same.
Later comment: I have made a few changes to the article to remove links to non-existent articles and re-formatting citations. Post changes, it is good to go. Magentic Manifestations (talk) 05:30, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment All references have now been given DOIs, ISBNs or have been found digitally and linked in the article Ryan shell (talk) 13:17, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]