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Saurida caribbaea  Breder, 1927

Smallscale lizardfish
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Synodontidae (Lizardfishes) > Harpadontinae
Etymology: Saurida: Derived from Greek, sauros = lizard (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 460 m (Ref. 7251), usually 20 - 215 m (Ref. 47377).   Tropical, preferred ?

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Western Atlantic: northeastern Florida, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Guianas; unknown from West Indies except off western Bahamas and Cuba. Also to Brazil (Ref. 26938) and Uruguay (Ref. 47377).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Least Concern (LC) 

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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