Species FAO code: LIG

Saurida tumbil

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Großer Eidechsenfisch	–
Estonia	et Tumbil-merisaurus	–
Germany	de Großer Eidechsenfisch	–
Greece	el Σαρόψαρο	–
Poland	pl Sauryda tumbil	–
Portugal	pt Lagarto-verde	–
Spain	es Pez lagarto	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795)

Distribution maps

Source: Aquamaps - Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Saurida tumbil

Source: FAO - FAO aquatic species distribution map of Saurida tumbil

Scientific name

Saurida tumbil

Author

(Bloch, 1795)

Rank

Species

FAO code

LIG

Morphological description

Body is cigar-shaped, rounded or slightly compressed; the head pointed and depressed; the snout broader than long. Color is generally brown above and silver below; the back with faint cross bands. The tips of the dorsal and pectorals and the lower caudal lobe blackish.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderAulopiformes
  - FamilySynodontidae
    - GenusSaurida
      - SpeciesSaurida tumbil

Synonyms

Salmo tumbil Bloch, 1795
Saurida truculenta Macleay, 1881
Saurida argyrophanes (Richardson, 1846)
Saurida ferox Ramsay, 1883
Saurus argyrophanes Richardson, 1846
Saurida australis Castelnau, 1879

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795)

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Saurida tumbil

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Hooks and lines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest

Distribution maps