Saurida

Saurida is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae.

Species

There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

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 eso Jordan & Herre, 1907
Saurida filamentosa J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Thread-fin lizardfish)
Saurida flamma Waples, 1982 (Orange-mouth lizardfish)
Saurida fortis Furuhashi, Russell & Motomura, 2022
Saurida golanii B. C. Russell, 2011 (Golani's lizardfish) ^[2]
Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Gracile lizardfish)
Saurida grandisquamis Günther, 1864
Saurida isarankurai Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-jaw saury)
Saurida lessepsianus B. C. Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015 (Lessepsian lizardfish) ^[3]
Saurida longimanus Norman, 1939 (Long-fin lizardfish)
Saurida macrolepis S. Tanaka (I), 1917
Saurida micropectoralis Shindo & Yamada, 1972 (Short-fin lizardfish)
Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850 (Clouded lizardfish)
Saurida normani Longley, 1935 (Short-jaw lizardfish)
Saurida parri Norman, 1935
Saurida pseudotumbil Dutt & Sagar, 1981 (Species inquirenda)
Saurida suspicio Breder, 1927 (Suspicious lizardfish)
Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795) (Greater lizardfish)
Saurida tweddlei B. C. Russell, 2015 ^[4]
Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo, 2006 ^[5]
Saurida undosquamis (J. Richardson, 1848) (Brush-tooth lizardfish)
Saurida weijeni Russell, Malay & Cabebe-Barnuevo, 2024

Saurida microlepis H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931; valid as S. eso
Saurida wanieso Shindo & Yamada, 1972; valid as S. elongatus (Wanieso lizardfish)

↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Saurida". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
↑ 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.

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