Biology:Saurida

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Saurida
Saurida undosquamis.jpg
Saurida undosquamis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Subfamily: Harpadontinae
Genus: Saurida
Valenciennes, 1850

Saurida is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae.

Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

  • Saurida argentea W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Short-fin saury)
  • Saurida brasiliensis Norman, 1935 (Brazilian lizardfish)
  • Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927 (Small-scale lizardfish)
  • Saurida elongata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Slender lizardfish)
  • Saurida filamentosa J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Thread-fin lizardfish)
  • Saurida flamma Waples, 1982 (Orange-mouth lizardfish)
  • Saurida golanii B. C. Russell, 2011 (Golani's lizardfish) [1]
  • Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Gracile lizardfish)
  • Saurida isarankurai Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-jaw saury)
  • Saurida lessepsianus B. C. Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015 (Lessepsian lizardfish) [2]
  • Saurida longimanus Norman, 1939 (Long-fin lizardfish)
  • Saurida macrolepis S. Tanaka (I), 1917
  • Saurida microlepis H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931
  • Saurida micropectoralis Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-fin lizardfish)
  • Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850 (Clouded lizardfish)
  • Saurida normani Longley, 1935 (Short-jaw lizardfish)
  • Saurida pseudotumbil Dutt & Sagar, 1981
  • Saurida suspicio Breder, 1927 (Suspicious lizardfish)
  • Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795) (Greater lizardfish)
  • Saurida tweddlei B. C. Russell, 2015 [3]
  • Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo, 2006 [4]
  • Saurida undosquamis (J. Richardson, 1848) (Brush-tooth lizardfish)
  • Saurida wanieso Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Wanieso lizardfish)

References

  1. Russell, B.C. (2011): Saurida golanii, a new deep water lizardfish (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3098: 21-25.
  2. Russell, B.C., Golani, D. & Tikochinski, Y. (2015): Saurida lessepsianus a new species of lizardfish (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, with a key to Saurida species in the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3956 (4): 559–568.
  3. Russell, B.C. (2015): A new species of Saurida (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3947 (3): 440–446.
  4. Inoue, T. & Nakabo, T. (2006): The Saurida undosquamis group (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae), with description of a new species from southern Japan. Ichthyological Research, 53 (4): 379-397.

Wikidata ☰ Q2169863 entry