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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Section: Aulopa
Ordo: Aulopiformes
Subordo: Synodontoidei

Familia: Synodontidae
Genus: Saurida
Species: Saurida undosquamis
Name

Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848)
Synonyms

Saurida undosquamia (Richardson, 1848)
Saurus undosquamis Richardson, 1848

Vernacular names
English: Brushtooth lizardfish
hrvatski: Gušter morski oštrozubi
தமிழ்: தும்பிலி
References

fishbase.org

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]
References

Allen, G.R. (1997): Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-East Asia. Western Australian Museum. 292 pp.
Russell, B.C., 1999. Synodontidae: lizardfishes (also bombay ducks, sauries). p. 1928-1945. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes. Part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. pp. 1397-2068.
"Saurida undosquamis, Brushtooth lizardfish : Fisheries".
Mahmoud, H.H., El Haweet, A.A.K. & Dimech, M. (2014): Stock assessment of the alien species Brushtooth lizard fish, Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) in the Egyptian Mediterranean coast. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 40 (4): 443-450.
Ben-Yami, M. & Glaser, T. (1974). "The invasion of Saurida undosquamis (Richardson) into the Levant Basin — An example of biological effect of interoceanic canals" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin. 72 (2): 359–373.

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