Greater lizardfish

Greater lizardfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Genus: Saurida
Species: S. tumbil
Binomial name
Saurida tumbil
(Bloch, 1795)

The Greater lizardfish (Saurida tumbil) is a species of Lizardfish that lives mainly off the coast of Oman.

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and east coast of Africa (except Kenya), including Madagascar to the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and further east to southeast Asia and Australia. Does not appear to occur in the central or eastern Pacific.

Short description

Dorsal spines : 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11. Body is cigar-shaped, rounded or slightly compressed. The head pointed and depressed. The snout broader than long. Color is generally brown above and silver below.The back with faint cross bands. The tips of the dorsal and pectorals and the lower caudal lobe blackish.

Biology

Found on muddy bottoms and trawling grounds. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods.

References

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