''Saurida'' is a
genus of
fish in the
family 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 ...
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Species
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:
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Saurida argentea''
W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Short-fin saury)
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Saurida brasiliensis''
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
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, 1935 (Brazilian lizardfish)
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Saurida caribbaea''
Breder, 1927 (Small-scale lizardfish)
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Saurida elongata''
( Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Slender lizardfish)
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Saurida filamentosa''
J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Thread-fin lizardfish)
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Saurida flamma''
Waples, 1982 (Orange-mouth lizardfish)
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Saurida golanii''
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.'']
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Saurida gracilis''
( Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Gracile lizardfish)
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Saurida isarankurai''
Shindo & Yamada
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, 1972 (Short-jaw saury)
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Saurida lessepsianus''
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.'']
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Saurida longimanus
The longfin lizardfish ''(Saurida longimanus)'', also known as the longfin saury, is a species of lizardfish that lives in the Indo-Pacific.
Size
The average length of a longfin lizardfish unsexed male is about 25 centimeters.
Habitat
The habit ...
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Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1939 (Long-fin lizardfish)
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Saurida macrolepis
''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 lizardfi ...
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S. Tanaka (I), 1917
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Saurida microlepis''
H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931
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Saurida micropectoralis
The shortfin lizardfish ''(Saurida micropectoralis)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly off the coast of Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the n ...
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Shindo & Yamada
Yamada (山田, ) is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese model, actress and idol
*, Japanese field hockey player
*, Japanese illustrator and manga artist
*, Japanese rugby union player
*, Ja ...
, 1972 (Short-fin lizardfish)
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Saurida nebulosa
The clouded lizardfish ''(Saurida nebulosa)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the south Pacific Ocean.
Biology
The clouded lizardfish is known to eat other fish. They are a species that camouflage in order to wait for their prey ...
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Valenciennes, 1850 (Clouded lizardfish)
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Saurida normani
The shortjaw lizardfish (''Saurida normani'') is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in tropical waters.
The shortjaw lizardfish is found on reefs around 25 – 550 meters deep.
The maximum recorded length of the shortjaw lizardfish is a ...
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Longley, 1935 (Short-jaw lizardfish)
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Saurida pseudotumbil''
Dutt & Sagar, 1981
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Saurida suspicio
''Saurida suspicio'', the suspicious lizardfish, is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consi ...
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Breder, 1927 (Suspicious lizardfish)
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Saurida tumbil''
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*Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
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, 1795) (Greater lizardfish)
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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.'']
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Saurida umeyoshii''
Inoue & 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.'']
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Saurida undosquamis''
( J. Richardson, 1848) (Brush-tooth lizardfish)
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Saurida wanieso
The Wanieso lizardfish ''(Saurida wanieso)'' or Wanieso saury, is a species of lizardfish that lives in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacifi ...
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Shindo & Yamada
Yamada (山田, ) is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese model, actress and idol
*, Japanese field hockey player
*, Japanese illustrator and manga artist
*, Japanese rugby union player
*, Ja ...
, 1972 (Wanieso lizardfish)
References
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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