Saurida

Saurida undosquamis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Synodontoidei

Familia: Synodontidae
Genus: Saurida
Species: S. argentea – S. brasiliensis – S. caribbaea – S. elongata – S. filamentosa – S. flamma – S. gracilis – S. grandisquamis – S. isarankurai – S. lessepsianus – S. longimanus – S. macrolepis – S. microlepis – S. micropectoralis – S. nebulosa – S. normani – S. pseudotumbil – S. suspicio – S. tumbil – S. tweddlei – S. umeyoshii – S. undosquamis – S. wanieso

Name

Saurida Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1849

Type species: Fem. Salmo tumbil Bloch 1795. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder 1913: 53

References

• Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes 1850: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite du livre vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (pp. 1-91). 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650.
• Inoue, T. & T. Nakabo 2006: The Saurida undosquamis group (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae), with description of a new species from southern Japan. Ichthyological Research, 53(4): 379–397.
• Liu, H., Wang, Y-F., Song, X-J., Ma, C-Y. & Zhang, H-Y. 2026. Assessment of the validity of Saurida microlepis (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae): An integrative morphological and genetic analysis. ZooKeys 1272: 189–201. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1272.175090 Reference page. 
• 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. Preview
• Russell, B.C. 2015: A new species of Saurida (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3947(3): 440–446. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Saury, Lizardfish