WoRMS taxon details
Saurida brasiliensis Norman, 1935
158756 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158756)
accepted
Species
Saurida brasiliensis brasiliensis Norman, 1935 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Saurida brasiliensis brasiliensis Norman, 1935 accepted as Saurida brasiliensis Norman, 1935
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Norman, J. R. (1935). A revision of the Lizard-fishes of the genera Synodus, Trachinocephalus, and Saurida. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1): 99-135. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to central Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to central Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Saurida brasiliensis Norman, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158756 on 2025-03-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Norman, J. R. (1935). A revision of the Lizard-fishes of the genera Synodus, Trachinocephalus, and Saurida. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1): 99-135. [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]
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to central Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on the outer continental shelf. [details]
Importance Social- Comercial, fishery [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Saurida brasiliensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Saurida brasiliensis brasiliensis Norman, 1935)
To FishBase images (Saurida brasiliensis, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida brasiliensis RAD104067-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida brasiliensis RAD104401-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Saurida brasiliensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Saurida brasiliensis brasiliensis Norman, 1935)
To FishBase images (Saurida brasiliensis, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida brasiliensis RAD104067-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Saurida brasiliensis RAD104401-001)
To ITIS
