Saurida lessepsianus

Taxonavigation: Synodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/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: Saurida lessepsianus

Name

Saurida lessepsianus Russell et al., 2015

• Holotype: HUJ 20397.
• Paratypes: (37).

Type locality: Mediterranean Sea, Israel, Ashdod.

Etymology: The specific name lessepsianus is in reference to the distribution of this species in both the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean Sea, it having migrated from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal, a phenomenon known as “Lessepsian migration” (after the French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal).

Vernacular names

English: Lessepsian lizardfish

References

• 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.