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Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

To FishBase images (<i>Saurida gracilis</i>, Maldives, by Strauss, P.)
To FishBase images (Saurida gracilis, Maldives, by Strauss, P.)

217662  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217662)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Aulopiformes (Order)
  11. Synodontidae (Family)
  12. Harpadontinae (Subfamily)
  13. Saurida (Genus)
  14. Saurida gracilis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Saurus gracilis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details] 
Description Common in shallow lagoons, reef flats, and sheltered seaward reefs. Inhabits areas with sandy substrate adjacent to corals....  
Description Common in shallow lagoons, reef flats, and sheltered seaward reefs. Inhabits areas with sandy substrate adjacent to corals. Feeds on fish and is active at night (Ref. 5213). Caught with artisanal gear. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217662 on 2025-05-28
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-10 06:08:33Z
changed
Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Saurus gracilis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Common in shallow lagoons, reef flats, and sheltered seaward reefs. Inhabits areas with sandy substrate adjacent to corals. Feeds on fish and is active at night (Ref. 5213). Caught with artisanal gear. [details]

Remark Placed in Family Synodidae in <130> [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English slender lizardfishgracile lizardfish  [details]
Japanese マダラエソ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Saurus gracilis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Saurus minutus Lesueur, 1825)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Saurus gracilis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Saurida gracilis) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus gracilis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Saurida gracilata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Saurida gracila (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Saurida gracillis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Saurus minutus Lesueur, 1825)
To FishBase images (Saurida gracilis, Maldives, by Strauss, P.) 
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 33 proteins) 
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Saurus gracilis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida gracilis RAD104090-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida gracilis RAD104090-001) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Saurida gracilis</i>, Maldives, by Strauss, P.)
To FishBase images (Saurida gracilis, Maldives, by Strauss, P.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida gracilis RAD104090-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida gracilis RAD104090-001)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida gracilis RAD104090-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida gracilis RAD104090-001)
Hosted externally
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