Saurida
| Saurida | |
|---|---|
| Saurida undosquamis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 25 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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 eso Jordan & Herre, 1907
- Saurida filamentosa J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Thread-fin lizardfish)
- Saurida flamma Waples, 1982 (Orange-mouth lizardfish)
- Saurida fortis Furuhashi, Russell & Motomura, 2022
- Saurida golanii B. C. Russell, 2011 (Golani's lizardfish) [2]
- Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Gracile lizardfish)
- Saurida grandisquamis Günther, 1864
- Saurida isarankurai Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-jaw saury)
- Saurida lessepsianus B. C. Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015 (Lessepsian lizardfish) [3]
- Saurida longimanus Norman, 1939 (Long-fin lizardfish)
- Saurida macrolepis S. Tanaka (I), 1917
- Saurida micropectoralis Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-fin lizardfish)
- Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850 (Clouded lizardfish)
- Saurida normani Longley, 1935 (Short-jaw lizardfish)
- Saurida parri Norman, 1935
- Saurida pseudotumbil Dutt & Sagar, 1981 (Species inquirenda)
- Saurida suspicio Breder, 1927 (Suspicious lizardfish)
- Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795) (Greater lizardfish)
- Saurida tweddlei B. C. Russell, 2015 [4]
- Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo, 2006 [5]
- Saurida undosquamis (J. Richardson, 1848) (Brush-tooth lizardfish)
- Saurida weijeni Russell, Malay & Cabebe-Barnuevo, 2024
- Synonyms
- Saurida microlepis H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931; valid as S. eso
- Saurida wanieso Shindo & Yamada, 1972; valid as S. elongatus (Wanieso lizardfish)
References
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Saurida". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Russell, B.C. (2015). "A new species of Saurida (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean". Zootaxa. 3947 (3): 440–446.
- ^ 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.