Clouded Saury, Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes 1849
Other Names: Blotched Saury, Clouded Lizardfish, Nebulous Lizardfish
A Clouded Saury, Saurida nebulosa, at Lord Howe Island, February 2016. Source: John Turnbull / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A greyish Lizardfish mottled with brown on the back, three dark bars along the rear half of the body, and a series of dark blotches along the lower side with smaller dark blotches between on the anterior two-thirds of the body. The dark bars along the back in the Clouded Saury are usually narrower than those of the Gracile Lizardfish, Saurida gracilis.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Saurida nebulosa in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4010
Clouded Saury, Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes 1849
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Distribution |
Cape York, Queensland, to Bermagui, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west-central Pacific. Individuals inhabit sandy and silty areas in estuaries and coastal waters, including the mouths of freshwater streams, mangroves, seagrass beds, and sometimes coral reef lagoons. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 10-11; Anal fin 9-10; Pectoral fin 11-13; Pelvic fin 9; Lateral-line scales 50-52.Dorsal-fin originating behind midpoint between snout and adipose fin; teeth visible when mouth closed; pectoral fin just reaching level of origin of pelvic fins. |
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Species Citation |
Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1849, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Vol. 22: 504, pl. 648. Type locality: Mauritius. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Clouded Saury, Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes 1849
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
Russell, B.C. 1999. Families Synodontidae, Bathysauridae. pp. 1928-1947 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Russell, B. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2016. Saurida nebulosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T67852930A67871635. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T67852930A67871635.en. Downloaded on 11 December 2018.
Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1849. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 22 532 pp. pls 634-650.
Waples, R.S. 1982. A biochemical and morphological review of the lizardfish genus Saurida in Hawaii, with description of a new species. Pacific Science 35(3): 217-235 figs 1-5
