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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 grou ...

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 Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the ...

'' 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 oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers ap ...

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, 1935 (Brazilian lizardfish) * ''

Saurida caribbaea The smallscale lizardfish ''(Saurida caribbaea)'' is a species of lizardfish The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and ...

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

Saurida elongata The Slender lizardfish ''(Saurida elongata)'' is a species of lizardfish The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estu ...

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, 1846) (Slender lizardfish) * '' Saurida filamentosa'' 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 benthi ...

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

Saurida golanii ''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, 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 Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arc ...

'' Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-jaw saury) * ''

Saurida lessepsianus The Lessepsian lizardfish (''Saurida lessepsianus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Synodontidae, the lizardfishes. This species was first formally described in 2015 by Russell, Golani and Tikochinski from the I ...

'' 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 The longfin lizardfish ''(Saurida longimanus)'', also known as the longfin saury, is a species of lizardfish The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthi ...

, 1939 (Long-fin lizardfish) * ''

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 lizard ...

'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917 * '' Saurida microlepis'' H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931 * '' Saurida micropectoralis'' Shindo & Yamada, 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, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-larges ...

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& 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 Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the ...

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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 & Yamada, 1972 (Wanieso lizardfish) * '' Saurida weijeni'' Russell, Malay & Cabebe-Barnuevo 2024

References

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