Black Large-scaled Grinner, Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo 2006

Summary:

A grinner with a single row of distinct black spots along the upper margin of the caudal fin, entirely dark scale pockets below the lateral line in larger specimens, and a longitudinal row of dark blotches below the lateral line in smaller specimens.

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Black Large-scaled Grinner, Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo 2006

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Distribution	North of the Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the West Pacific: Philippines, China, Taiwan & Japan. Inhabits soft sediment areas on the continental shelf.
Features	Dorsal fin 10-12; Anal fin 10-11; Pectoral fin 13-15; Pelvic fin 8-9; Lateral-line (pored scales) 49-52; Vertebrae 49-50; posterior end of pectoral fin extending beyond P–D line.
Size
Biology	Females grow to a larger size than males.
Fisheries	Taken as bycatch in bottom trawl fisheries throughout its range.
Etymology	The species is named in honour of Umeyoshi Yamada, formerly of the Fisheries Agency of Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, who first recognized this species as undescribed.
Species Citation	Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo 2006, Ichthyological Research 53(4): 386, Figs. 3A-B, 4, 8, 9B, 11, 12A. Type locality: East China Sea, 28°30'N, 126°30'E.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2025
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Black Large-scaled Grinner, Saurida umeyoshii Inoue & Nakabo 2006

References

Furuhashi, R. & Motomura, H. 2022. Records of Saurida umeyoshii (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from Suruga and Kagoshima bays and Iriomote-jima island, Japan, and reassessment of diagnosis for the species. Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 21: 39-46. https://doi.org/10.34583/ichthy.21.0_39 [In Japanese, English abstract]

Ho, H., Holleman, W., Fennessy, S., Russell, B. & Maunde, C. 2020. Saurida umeyoshii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T123354821A123354923. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123354821A123354923.en. Accessed on 17 December 2024.

Inoue, T. & Nakabo, T. 2006. The Saurida undosquamis group (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae), with description of a new species from southern Japan. Ichthyological Research 53(4): 379-397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-006-0358-y

Nakabo, T, 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English edition I. Japan : Tokai University Press, pp v-866 (as Saurida sp. 1)

Russell, B.C., Malay, M.C.D. & Cabebe-Barnuevo, R.A. 2024. A new deep-water species of Saurida (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the South China Sea and central Philippines. Zoological Studies 63: 40, pp 1-10. https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2024.63-40

Sakai, T., Yoneda, M., Takimura, M., Horikawa, H. & Matsuyama, M. 2010. Sexual maturity and spawning of the lizardfish Saurida umeyoshii in the East China Sea. Japanese Journal of Fisheries Science 76(1): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.2331/suisan.76.1 [In Japanese]

Yoneda, M., Sakai, T., Tokimura, M., Horikawa, H. & Matsuyama, M. 2002. Age and growth of the lizardfish Saurida sp. 1 in the East China Sea using otolith ring marks. Fisheries Research 55: 231-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00285-5 (as Saurida sp. 1)