Smallscale lizardfish

Smallscale lizardfish
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:

References

  1. "Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927 Smallscale lizardfish". Fish Base. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. Saurida caribbaea at the Encyclopedia of Life
  3. "Smallscale lizardfish". thewebsiteofeverything.com. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

Notes


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