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Brushtooth lizardfish
Saurida undosquamis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Brushtooth lizardfish
- Scientific
- Saurida undosquamis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (standard length); commonly 30 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 350 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A cigar-shaped lizardfish, brownish grey above with a row of faint dark spots along the side, reaching about 50 cm. It lives on sand and mud in coastal waters.
In the Maldives
Listed by FishBase only as 'possibly present' in the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Saurida-undosquamis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Saurida_undosquamis_Pakistan.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.