''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, southern Philippines and northern Australia,.
[Allen, G.R. (1997): Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-East Asia. Western Australian Museum. 292 pp.][Russell, B.C., 1999. Synodontidae: lizardfishes (also bombay ducks, sauries). p. 1928-1945. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes. Part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. pp. 1397-2068.] Reports of its occurrence in the Red Sea region and introduction to the Mediterranean are questionable,.
[Mahmoud, H.H., El Haweet, A.A.K. & Dimech, M. (2014): Stock assessment of the alien species Brushtooth lizard fish, ''Saurida undosquamis'' (Richardson, 1848) in the Egyptian Mediterranean coast. ''Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 40 (4): 443-450.'']
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Fishes of Australia : ''Saurida undosquamis''
Saurida, brushtooth lizardfish
Marine fish of Northern Australia
Fish described in 1848, brushtooth lizardfish
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