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Saurida parri Norman, 1935

Source-backed taxonomic record

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 parri Norman, 1935
Name authority
Norman, 1935
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAulopiformes
  11. suborderAulopoidei
  12. familyHarpadontidae Bleeker, 1875
  13. genusSaurida Valenciennes, 1850
  14. speciesSaurida parri Norman, 1935

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Saurida. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Saurida argentea MacLeay, 1881HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Saurida micropectoralis Shindo & Yamada, 1972HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
greater lizardfishSaurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795)HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
brushtooth lizardfishSaurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848)HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Saurida macrolepis Tanaka, 1917HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
largescale lizardfishSaurida brasiliensis Norman, 1935HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
clouded lizardfishSaurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
smallscale lizardfishSaurida caribbaea Breder, 1927HarpadontidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 16 records assigned to Harpadontidae.

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.

  1. Norman, J. R. (1935). A revision of the Lizard-fishes of the genera Synodus, Trachinocephalus, and Saurida. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1935.tb06233.x 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:79PW9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.