brushtooth lizardfish

Saurida undosquamis

Synodontid Fish from Three Hundred Fifty Meters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

brushtooth lizardfish is known from Eastern Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, southern Philippines, northern Java as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lizardfishes and Allies
Family: Synodontidae
Genus: Saurida
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, southern Philippines, northern Java, Arafura Sea, Louisiade Archipelago, and northern half and southwestern Australia. Reports of Introduction in the Mediterranean are questionable. Confirmed and questionable reports of its occurrence (and references) are discussed in Inoue & Nakabo 2006 (Ref. 57869 :385-6).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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