Lizardfish

Japanese: lizardfish
Lizardfish

…They generally have a flat head, a long, slender body, a large mouth with sharp teeth, and look similar to a snake or lizard. The English name lizardfish comes from this. About 34 species in four genera are known in the oceans of the world, and of these, 18 species in three genera are known from the waters off Japan: the Saurida genus ( Saurida : Saurida), the Crocodile lizardfish, the Tokage lizardfish, the Spotted lizardfish, the Trachinocephalus genus (Trachinocephalus: Saurida), the Red lizardfish, the Sand lizardfish, the Striated lizardfish, the Oriental lizardfish, and the Butterfly lizardfish, all in the Synodus genus. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "lizardfish" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一般に扁平な頭部,細長い体,大きな口に鋭い歯をもち,外見はヘビやトカゲに似る。英名のlizardfish(トカゲウオ)もこれに由来する。全世界の海に4属約34種が知られているが,そのうち日本近海からは,マエソ属Sauridaのマエソ,ワニエソ,トカゲエソ,マダラエソ,オキエソ属Trachinocephalusのオキエソ,アカエソ属Synodusのアカエソ,スナエソ,ホシノエソ,ハナトゴエソ,チョウチョウエソの3属18種が知られている。…

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