''Saurida'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Synodontidae.
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, 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
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, 1824) (Gracile lizardfish)
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Saurida isarankurai''
Shindo & Yamada, 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, 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 ...
''
S. Tanaka (I), 1917
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Saurida microlepis
''Saurida microlepis'' is a species of lizardfish that lives coastal waters throughout the Pacific Ocean.
Size
The average length of the Saurida microlepis as an unsexed male is about 45 centimeters.
Habitat
''S. microlepis'' can be found in s ...
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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
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Shindo & Yamada, 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 ...
''
Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 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
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Breder, 1927 (Suspicious lizardfish)
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Saurida tumbil''
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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
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Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Wanieso lizardfish)
References
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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