Smallscale lizardfish
| Smallscale lizardfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Synodontidae |
| Genus: | Saurida |
| Species: | S. caribbaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927 | |
The Smallscale lizardfish (Saurida caribbaea) is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Western Atlantic.
Information
The Smallscale lizardfish is known to live in a marine environment within a demersal range of about 6 - 460 meters. This species is most commonly found within the range of about 20 - 215 meters. The Smallscale lizardfish is native to a tropical climate. The average length of the Smallscale lizardfish as an unsexed male is about 18 centimeters or about 7.08 inches.[1]This species is recorded to be found in the areas of Western Atlantic, northeastern Florida, USA, northern Gulf of Mexico, Guianas, western Bahamas, Cuba, and Uruguay. [2]
Common names
The common names of the Saurida caribbaea are as follows:
- Spanish : chile caribeño
- Spanish : chile espinoso
- Japanese : Karibu-eso
- Spanish : Lagarto caribeño
- English : Lizardfish
- Spanish : Pez lagarto
- English : shortjaw lizardfish
- English : Smallescale Lizardfish
- English : Smallscale lizardfish
- Danish : Småskællet øglefisk
- Chinese : 加勒比蛇鯔
- Mandarin Chinese : 加勒比蛇鲻 [3]
References
- ↑ "Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927 Smallscale lizardfish". Fish Base. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ Saurida caribbaea at the Encyclopedia of Life
- ↑ "Smallscale lizardfish". thewebsiteofeverything.com. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
Notes
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Saurida caribbaea" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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