Species: Saurida suspicio, Doubtful lizardfish, Suspicious lizardfish

Saurida suspicio Breder, 1927

Doubtful lizardfish

Body slender, elongate, cylindrical; head pointed, eye large; snout about as long as eye; mouth large, slightly oblique, at front, lower jaw longer than upper jaw, visible from above when mouth is closed; many rows fine pointed teeth on jaws, tongue and (in 2 bands) on side of roof of mouth; fins without spines; one dorsal fin in mid-body, with a small skin-flap fin behind it above anal fin; pelvics on abdomen behind pectoral base, with 9 rays, inner rays about same length as outer rays; pectoral fin 11-13% of SL, not reaching or barely reaching origin of pelvics; scales smooth; lateral line straight, along entire body; tail fin with scales on bases of main rays but not on short rays on top and bottom of fin base; 52-53 lateral line scales; 3 rows of scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; 13-18 scales before dorsal fin.