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Synodontidae The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bony fishes that belong to the aulopiform fish order, a diverse group o ...

Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Saurida argentea The shortfin saury, ''Saurida argentea'', is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the western Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in t ...

'' W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Short-fin saury) * ''

Saurida brasiliensis The Brazilian lizardfish ''(Saurida brasiliensis)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Eastern Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately ...

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, 1935 (Brazilian lizardfish) * ''

Saurida caribbaea The smallscale lizardfish ''(Saurida caribbaea)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Western Atlantic. Information The Smallscale lizardfish is known to live in a marine environment within a demersal range of about 6 – 460 me ...

'' Breder, 1927 (Small-scale lizardfish) * ''

Saurida elongata The Slender lizardfish ''(Saurida elongata)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Northwest Pacific. References * Synodontidae Fish described in 1846 {{Aulopiformes-stub zh:长条蛇鲻 ...

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, 1846) (Slender lizardfish) * ''

Saurida filamentosa ''Saurida filamentosa'', the Threadfin saury, is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Western Pacific. References * Synodontidae Fish described in 1910 {{Aulopiformes-stub ...

'' J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Thread-fin lizardfish) * ''

Saurida flamma The orangemouth lizardfish (''Saurida flamma'') is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Eastern Central Pacific. Information ''Saurida flamma'' is found in marine environments within a reef-associated area. They are found in a benth ...

'' Waples, 1982 (Orange-mouth lizardfish) * ''

Saurida golanii ''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 lizar ...

'' B. C. Russell, 2011 (Golani's lizardfish) 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.'' * ''

Saurida gracilis The gracile lizardfish (''Saurida gracilis'') is a species of lizardfish which lives mainly in the Indo-Pacific region. Information The gracile lizardfish is known to be found in a marine environment within a reef-associated area. They live in a ...

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, 1824) (Gracile lizardfish) * ''

Saurida isarankurai The shortjaw saury ''(Saurida isarankurai)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the n ...

'' Shindo &

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, 1972 (Short-jaw saury) * ''

Saurida lessepsianus ''Saurida'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Synodontidae. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Saurida argentea'' William John Macleay, W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Short-fin saury) * ''Saurida brasilie ...

'' B. C. Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015 (Lessepsian lizardfish) 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.'' * '' Saurida longimanus''

, 1939 (Long-fin lizardfish) * '' Saurida macrolepis'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917 * '' Saurida microlepis'' H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931 * '' Saurida micropectoralis'' Shindo &

, 1972 (Short-fin lizardfish) * '' Saurida nebulosa''

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, 1850 (Clouded lizardfish) * '' Saurida normani'' Longley, 1935 (Short-jaw lizardfish) * ''

Saurida pseudotumbil ''Saurida pseudotumbil'' is a species of lizardfish that lives primarily off the coast of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most p ...

'' Dutt & Sagar, 1981 * '' Saurida suspicio'' Breder, 1927 (Suspicious lizardfish) * ''

Saurida tumbil The greater lizardfish ''(Saurida tumbil)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives in the Indo-Pacific. They are a minor fishery. Distribution They live in the Indo-West Pacific. More specifically, their geographic range spans from Red Sea and ea ...

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, 1795) (Greater lizardfish) * '' Saurida tweddlei'' B. C. Russell, 2015 Russell, B.C. (2015): A new species of ''Saurida'' (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean. ''Zootaxa, 3947 (3): 440–446.'' * ''

Saurida umeyoshii ''Saurida umeyoshii'' is a species of lizardfish that lives in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (o ...

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& Nakabo, 2006 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.'' * ''

Saurida undosquamis ''Saurida undosquamis'', the brushtooth lizardfish, large-scale grinner or largescale saury, is a type of lizardfish, a demersal species that occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, northern Java, Arafura Sea, Louisiade Archipelago, ...

'' ( J. Richardson, 1848) (Brush-tooth lizardfish) * '' Saurida wanieso'' Shindo &

, 1972 (Wanieso lizardfish)

References

Marine fish genera Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Aulopiformes-stub