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Saurida elongata
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Synodontidae (Lizardfishes) > Harpadontinae
Etymology: Saurida: Derived from Greek, sauros = lizard (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.
Etymology: Saurida: Derived from Greek, sauros = lizard (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 100 m (Ref. 44036). Temperate
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Northwest Pacific: widespread, from Japan (East China Sea) to the northern part of the South China Sea, including South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. reported age: 7 years (Ref. 93528)
Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. reported age: 7 years (Ref. 93528)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
A pale species with few dark markings and saddle-like spots below dorsal fin bases (Ref. 48635).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits sandy bottoms in shallow water. Utilized for human consumption.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Russell, B.C., Motomura. H. and R. Furuhashi, 2024. The taxonomic status of the lizardfishes Saurida elongata (Temminck and Schlegel 1846) and S. eso Jordan and Herre 1907 with comments on the validity of S. argyrophanes (Richardson 1846). Ichthyol. Res. 72(4):375-393. (Ref. 138652)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 August 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Anatomy
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Physiology
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Diseases & Parasites
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Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Human related
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
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Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00550 (0.00359 - 0.00840), b=3.07 (2.94 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.5 ±0.8 se; based on diet studies. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.9-1.2). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (23 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Medium. |