The Lessepsian lizardfish (Saurida lessepsianus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Synodontidae, the lizardfishes.[2] This species was first formally described in 2015 by Russell, Golani and Tikochinski from the Israeli part of the Red Sea.[3] This species is found in the Indian Ocean from South Africa north to the Red Sea and east to the Andaman Sea. It has entered the Mediterranean Sea, probably through the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant and is now a commercially important species for fisheries in the eastern part of that sea.[1] This species was previously thought to have been either S. undosquamis or S. macrolepis.[4]
| Lessepsian lizardfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Synodontidae |
| Genus: | Saurida |
| Species: | S. lessepsianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Saurida lessepsianus | |
References
edit- ^ a b Borsa, P. & Russell, B. (2019). "Saurida lessepsianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T123354515A123354892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T123354515A123354892.en. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Saurida lessepsianus". FishBase. June 2023 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Saurida". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Barry Russell; Dabiel Golani; Yaron, Tikochinski (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. PMID 26248939.