Saurida is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae.

Saurida
Saurida undosquamis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Subfamily: Harpadontinae
Genus: Saurida
Valenciennes, 1850

Species

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There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Russell, B.C. (2015): A new species of Saurida (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3947 (3): 440–446.
  4. ^ 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.