Scientific Name	Saurida nebulosa   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Valenciennes, 1850	Depth	0 - 5M
Chinese	雲紋蛇鯔	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	合齒魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F187　Synodontidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	雲紋蛇鯔
Max Length	16.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	狗母梭、狗母
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean
Synonyms	Saurida gracilis
Reference	臺灣脊椎動物誌(陳兼善, 1969)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.3(FAO,1999)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0057096. ASIZP0057097. ASIZP0066534. ASIZP0071543. ASIZP0071548. ASIZP0080443. ASIZP0801817. ASIZP0911817. NMMBP02665.
Common Name	Nebulous lizardfish; Clouded lizardfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, slender, and cylindrical. Eye moderate; laterally directed. Adipose eyelid on anterior and posterior margins of eye. Mouth large, gape tending to be oblique. Upper jaw not protractile, bordered its entire length by premaxilla, its length more than 1/2 head length and extending well past posterior margin of orbit. Inner palatine teeth in 2 distinct rows, and teethless on vomer. Branchiostegals 13. Head and body with cycloid scales, present on procurrent and primary caudal fin rays. Lateral-line scales with 49 to 51; scales not enlarged, not extending beyond base of caudal fin, procurrent and primary caudal-fin rays with scales. Dorsal fin about midway on back, with 10-11 rays; anal fin with 9-10; Pectoral fins short, tip just reaches pelvic-fin insertion and reaches not closer to dorsal-fin origin than fourth predorsal scale row, usually 12 rays (rarely 11 or 13); caudal fin forked. Body with dark blotches, without blackish vertical bands; dorsal, caudal and pelvic fins with dark traverse bands.
habitats	Inhabits coastal waters on sand and mud bottoms, often at the mouths of fresh-water streams, in depths between 2 and 60 m. Sometimes found in coral lagoons.
Distribution	Widespread in the West Pacific from Mauritius to Hawaii, north to Japan south to Australia. It found in southwestern and northeastern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Is..
Utility	No importance to fisheries.