brushtooth lizardfish
Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Saurida undosquamis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:52:03.174217+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848)
- Name authority
- (Richardson, 1848)
- Common name
- brushtooth lizardfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Aulopiformes
- Family
- Harpadontidae
- Genus
- Saurida
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAulopiformes
- suborderAulopoidei
- familyHarpadontidae Bleeker, 1875
- genusSaurida Valenciennes, 1850
- speciesSaurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Saurida. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Saurida argentea MacLeay, 1881 | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015 | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saurida micropectoralis Shindo & Yamada, 1972 | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| greater lizardfishSaurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795) | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saurida macrolepis Tanaka, 1917 | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| largescale lizardfishSaurida brasiliensis Norman, 1935 | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| clouded lizardfishSaurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850 | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smallscale lizardfishSaurida caribbaea Breder, 1927 | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saurida parri Norman, 1935 | HarpadontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Saurida undosquammis (Richardson, 1848) (Richardson, 1848) | synonym |
| Saurus undosquamis Richardson, 1848 Richardson, 1848 | synonym |
| Saurida grandisquamis Günther, 1864 Günther, 1864 | synonym |
| Saurida undosquamia (Richardson, 1848) (Richardson, 1848) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126371 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6XQ8D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.