Saurida undosquamis

Saurida undosquamis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Synodontidae
Genus:	Saurida
Species:	S. undosquamis
Binomial name
Saurida undosquamis (J. Richardson, 1848)
Synonyms
Saurida grandisquamisGünther, 1864

Saurida undosquamis, the brushtooth lizardfish, large-scale grinner or largescale saury, is a type of lizardfish, a demersal species that occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, northern Java, Arafura Sea, Louisiade Archipelago, southern Philippines and northern Australia. ^{[1] [2]} Reports of its occurrence in the Red Sea region and introduction to the Mediterranean are questionable. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Fishing

Brushtooth lizard fish is considered to be one of the most important demersal target species of the commercial fishery in Egypt. It represented about 70% (912 and 575 tonnes) of the total landings of the Lizard fish (including Synodus saurus) during 2012 and 2013 respectively. ^[6]

Bottom trawling nets mainly designed to catch shrimp is also used to catch lizard fish.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Allen, Gerald R. (1997). Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-East Asia. Western Australian Museum. ISBN   978-0-7309-8363-7.^{[ page needed ]}
2. Russell, B.C. "Synodontidae: lizardfishes (also bombay ducks, sauries)" pp. 1928-1945. In "Order AULOPIFORMES" (PDF). pp. 1919–1940. In Carpenter, Kent E.; Niem, Volker H., eds. (1999). The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN   92-5-104302-7.
3. "Saurida undosquamis, Brushtooth lizardfish : Fisheries".
4. Mahmoud, Hatem H.; El Haweet, Alaa A.K.; Dimech, Mark (2014). "Stock assessment of the alien species Brushtooth lizard fish, Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) in the Egyptian Mediterranean coast". Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. 40 (4): 443–450. doi:10.1016/j.ejar.2014.12.003.
5. Ben-Yami, M. & Glaser, T. (1974). "The invasion of Saurida undosquamis (Richardson) into the Levant Basin — An example of biological effect of interoceanic canals" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin. 72 (2): 359–373.
6. Mahmoud, Hatem H.; El Haweet, Alaa A.K.; Dimech, Mark (2014). "Stock assessment of the alien species Brushtooth lizard fish, Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) in the Egyptian Mediterranean coast". Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. 40 (4): 443–450. doi:10.1016/j.ejar.2014.12.003.

External links

• Fishes of Australia : Saurida undosquamis