Saurida undosquamis
Species of fish
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Saurida undosquamis, the brushtooth lizardfish, large-scale grinner or largescale saury, is a type of lizardfish, a demersal species that occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, northern Java, Arafura Sea, Louisiade Archipelago, southern Philippines and northern Australia.[1][2] Reports of its occurrence in the Red Sea region and introduction to the Mediterranean are questionable.[3][4][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Synodontidae |
| Genus: | Saurida |
| Species: | S. undosquamis |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurida undosquamis (J. Richardson, 1848) | |
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Saurida grandisquamis Günther, 1864 | |
Fishing
Brushtooth lizard fish is considered to be one of the most important demersal target species of the commercial fishery in Egypt. It represented about 70% (912 and 575 tonnes) of the total landings of the Lizard fish (including Synodus saurus) during 2012 and 2013 respectively.[6]
Bottom trawling nets mainly designed to catch shrimp is also used to catch lizard fish.[citation needed]
