Saurida

Life-forms

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: 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.
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

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 lizardfish)
Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927 (Small-scale lizardfish)
Saurida elongata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Slender lizardfish)
Saurida filamentosa J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Thread-fin lizardfish)
Saurida flamma Waples, 1982 (Orange-mouth lizardfish)
Saurida golanii B. C. Russell, 2011 (Golani's lizardfish) [1]
Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Gracile lizardfish)
Saurida isarankurai Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-jaw saury)
Saurida lessepsianus B. C. Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015 (Lessepsian lizardfish) [2]
Saurida longimanus Norman, 1939 (Long-fin lizardfish)
Saurida macrolepis S. Tanaka (I), 1917
Saurida microlepis H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931
Saurida micropectoralis Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-fin lizardfish)
Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850 (Clouded lizardfish)
Saurida normani Longley, 1935 (Short-jaw lizardfish)
Saurida pseudotumbil Dutt & Sagar, 1981
Saurida suspicio Breder, 1927 (Suspicious lizardfish)
Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795) (Greater lizardfish)
Saurida tweddlei B. C. Russell, 2015 [3]
Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo, 2006 [4]
Saurida undosquamis (J. Richardson, 1848) (Brush-tooth lizardfish)
Saurida wanieso Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Wanieso lizardfish)

References

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.
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.
Russell, B.C. (2015): A new species of Saurida (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3947 (3): 440–446.
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.