smallscale lizardfish
Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927
- Name authority
- Breder, 1927
- Common name
- smallscale 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 caribbaea Breder, 1927
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 |
| brushtooth lizardfishSaurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) | 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 |
| 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 caribbea Breder, 1927 Breder, 1927 | synonym |
| Saurida caribbaeus Breder, 1927 Breder, 1927 | 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.
- Breder, C.M.Jr. (1927). Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the “Pawnee” 1925. Fishes. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University, 1 (art. 1): 1–90. 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:79PVW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.