''Sudis'' is a genus of

barracudina Barracudinas are any member of the marine mesopelagic fish family Paralepididae: 50 or so extant species are found almost worldwide in deep waters. Several genera are known only from fossils dating back to the Ypresian epoch. The generic name ...

s, with two currently recognized species: * ''

Sudis atrox Sudis may refer to: * ''Sudis'' (fish), a genus of barracudinas * Sudis (stake), a stake used by Roman soldiers for constructing field fortifications. {{Disambiguation ...

'' Rofen, 1963 (fierce pike smelt) * ''

Sudis hyalina ''Sudis hyalina'' is a species of fish in the family Paralepididae (barracudinas). Name Its specific name ''hyalina'' is from the Ancient Greek ὑάλῐνος (''hyalinos'', "crystal, glass"). It has no common name in English, but is known i ...

Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimat ...

, 1810 The generic name is from

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

''sudis'', which referred to a wooden stake, but was also used by

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ...

to describe a barracuda-like fish.

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Paralepididae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Aulopiformes-stub