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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 ...

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 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 oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 2 ...

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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 ''Saurida filamentosa'', the Threadfin saury, 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 ...

'' 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 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 ...

'' 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 nor ...

'' Shindo &

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, 1972 (Short-jaw saury) * ''

Saurida lessepsianus ''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 liz ...

'' 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 that lives in the Indo-Pacific. Size The average length of a longfin lizardfish unsexed male is about 25 centimeters. Habitat The habit ...

, 1939 (Long-fin lizardfish) * '' Saurida macrolepis'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917 * ''

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 ...

'' H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931 * ''

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 ...

'' Shindo &

, 1972 (Short-fin lizardfish) * ''

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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, 1850 (Clouded lizardfish) * ''

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 ...

'' Longley, 1935 (Short-jaw lizardfish) * '' Saurida pseudotumbil'' Dutt &

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, 1981 * ''

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 ...

'' 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''

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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 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 ...

'' Shindo &

, 1972 (Wanieso lizardfish)

References

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