Brushtooth lizardfish (Saurida undosquamis)
Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Brushtooth lizardfish
- Local names: Large-scale grinner, Largescale saury, True lizardfish, Large-scaled saury, Largescale saury, Grey saury
- Climates: Tropical, Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Red sea, Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean
Classification
- Genus: Saurida - Saurida
- Family: Synodontidae - Lizardfishes
- Order: Aulopiformes - Grinners
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
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. Reports of its occurrence in the Red Sea region and introduction to the Mediterranean are questionable.