Brushtooth lizardfish, large-scale grinner or largescale saury (Saurida undosquamis)

Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Brushtooth lizardfish, large-scale grinner or largescale saury
- Local names: Large-scale grinner, Largescale saury
- Climates: Tropical, Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean
Classification
- Genus: Saurida - Saurida
- Family: Synodontidae - Lizardfishes
- Order: Aulopiformes - Grinners
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
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. Reports of its occurrence in the Red Sea region and introduction to the Mediterranean are questionable.