Scientific Name	Saurida tumbil   Pronounce			by: ©National Museum of Marine Science and Techonology
Author	(Bloch, 1795)	Depth	10 - 60M
Chinese	多齒蛇鯔	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	合齒魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F187　Synodontidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	多齒蛇鯔
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	狗母梭、狗母
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Malabar, India
Synonyms	Salmo tumbil, Saurida argyrophanes, Saurida australis, Saurida ferox, Saurida truculenta, Saurus argyrophanes
Reference	臺灣脊椎動物誌(陳兼善, 1969)；中國動物誌-燈籠魚目(陳等, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.3(FAO,1999)  Liu, F.H. etc. 1959 Tung, I.H. 童逸修 1959 Liu, Fah-Hsuen etc. 1959 Tiews, K., A. Mines etc. 1972 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳素芝 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0079049. ASIZP0079350. ASIZP0080296. ASIZP0807430. ASIZP0807673. ASIZP0807674. ASIZP0917430. ASIZP0917673. ASIZP0917674. FRIP21314. NMMSTP00666. NTUM01759. NTUM02148. NTUM02160. SU7320.
Barcode	2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2016-04-06,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Greater 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. 2 teeth bands on palatines, and teeth on vomer and tongue. Branchiostegals 13. Head and body with cycloid scales, present on procurrent and primary caudal fin rays. Lateral-line scales with 50 to 55; scales not enlarged, not extending beyond base of caudal fin, procurrent and primary caudal-fin rays with scales. Predorsal scales 16 to 19. Dorsal fin about midway on back, with 11-13 rays; anal fin with 10-11; pectoral fins short, not or only just reaching to pelvic-fin base; caudal fin forked. Body pale yellowish brown, inside of pectoral fins uniformly dusky; traces of faint darker cross bands on back ; fins without dark bars or spots.
habitats	Inhabits coastal and estuarine waters on sand and mud bottoms in depths of 20 to 45 m. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, and squids.
Distribution	Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea and east coast of Africa (except Kenya), including Madagascar to the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and further east to southeast Asia and Australia. It found in sourthern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh.