{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Saurida undosquamis.jpg | image_caption = ''Saurida undosquamis'' | taxon = Saurida | authority = Valenciennes, 1850 }}
'''''Saurida''''' is a genus of fish in the family Synodontidae.
==Species== There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus|Saurida|access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref> * ''Saurida argentea'' <small>W. J. Macleay, 1881</small> (Short-fin saury) * ''Saurida brasiliensis'' <small>Norman, 1935</small> (Brazilian lizardfish) * ''Saurida caribbaea'' <small>Breder, 1927</small> (Small-scale lizardfish) * ''Saurida elongata'' <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)</small> (Slender lizardfish) * ''Saurida eso'' <small>Jordan & Herre, 1907</small> * ''Saurida filamentosa'' <small>J. D. Ogilby, 1910</small> (Thread-fin lizardfish) * ''Saurida flamma'' <small>Waples, 1982</small> (Orange-mouth lizardfish) * ''Saurida fortis'' <small>Furuhashi, Russell & Motomura, 2022</small> * ''Saurida golanii'' <small>B. C. Russell, 2011</small> (Golani's lizardfish) <ref name=Russell2011>{{cite journal|author=Russell, B.C. |year=2011|title= ''Saurida golanii'', a new deep water lizardfish (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea|journal=Zootaxa|volume= 3098|pages= 21-25}}</ref> * ''Saurida gracilis'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)</small> (Gracile lizardfish) * ''Saurida grandisquamis'' <small>Günther, 1864</small> * ''Saurida isarankurai'' <small>Shindo & Yamada, 1972</small> (Short-jaw saury) * ''Saurida lessepsianus'' <small>B. C. Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015</small> (Lessepsian lizardfish) <ref name=Russell2015>{{cite journal |author=Russell, B.C.|author2= Golani, D. |author3= Tikochinski, Y. |year=2015|title= ''Saurida lessepsianus'' a new species of lizardfish (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, with a key to ''Saurida'' species in the Red Sea|journal=Zootaxa|volume= 3956 |issue=4|pages= 559–568}}</ref> * ''Saurida longimanus'' <small>Norman, 1939</small> (Long-fin lizardfish) * ''Saurida macrolepis'' <small>S. Tanaka (I), 1917</small> * ''Saurida micropectoralis'' <small>Shindo & Yamada, 1972</small> (Short-fin lizardfish) * ''Saurida nebulosa'' <small>Valenciennes, 1850</small> (Clouded lizardfish) * ''Saurida normani'' <small>Longley, 1935</small> (Short-jaw lizardfish) * ''Saurida parri'' <small>Norman, 1935</small> * ''Saurida pseudotumbil'' <small>Dutt & Sagar, 1981</small> (''Species inquirenda'') * ''Saurida suspicio'' <small>Breder, 1927</small> (Suspicious lizardfish) * ''Saurida tumbil'' <small>(Bloch, 1795)</small> (Greater lizardfish) * ''Saurida tweddlei'' <small>B. C. Russell, 2015</small> <ref name=Russell2015a>{{cite journal|author=Russell, B.C. |year=2015|title= A new species of ''Saurida'' (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean|journal=Zootaxa|volume= 3947 |issue=3|pages= 440–446}}</ref> * ''Saurida umeyoshii'' <small>Inoue & Nakabo, 2006</small> <ref name=Inoue2006>{{cite journal|author=Inoue, T. |author2= Nakabo, T. |year=2006|title= The ''Saurida undosquamis'' group (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae), with description of a new species from southern Japan|journal=Ichthyological Research|volume= 53 |issue=4|pages= 379-397}}</ref> * ''Saurida undosquamis'' <small>(J. Richardson, 1848)</small> (Brush-tooth lizardfish) * ''Saurida weijeni'' <small>Russell, Malay & Cabebe-Barnuevo, 2024</small> ;Synonyms * ''Saurida microlepis'' <small>H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931</small>; valid as ''S. eso'' * ''Saurida wanieso'' <small>Shindo & Yamada, 1972</small>; valid as ''S. elongatus'' (Wanieso lizardfish)
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Saurida Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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