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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795) 
AphiaID: 217663

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAulopiformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSynodontidae (Family) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHarpadontinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurida (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurida
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurida
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSalmo tumbil Bloch, 1795
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurida argyrophanes (Richardson, 1846)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurida australis Castelnau, 1879
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurida ferox Ramsay, 1883
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurida truculenta MacLeay, 1881
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaurus argyrophanes Richardson, 1846
Sources  basis of record Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgreater lizardfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Djibouti
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDjibouti [details]
Eritrea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEritrea [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbasia platyrostris Pillai, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIrodes sauridi (Pillai, 1963) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLernanthropus gibbosus Pillai, 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaeniacanthus longicaudus Pillai, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLernanthropus temminckii von Nordmann, 1864 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIrodes longicaudus (Pillai, 1963) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnchistrotos sauridi Pillai, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorParataeniacanthus longicervis Pillai, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (16 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FAO Species fact sheets 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Commonly found on muddy bottoms, may enter shallower waters. Feeds mainly on fish, but also on crustaceans, and squid. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217663
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2014). Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217663 on 2014-04-21
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