Sudis (fish)

Genus of fishes

Sudis

Sudis hyalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Aulopiformes
Family:  | Paralepididae
Genus:  | Sudis
Rafinesque, 1810

Sudis is a genus of barracudinas, with two currently recognized species:[1]

* Sudis atrox Rofen, 1963 (fierce pike smelt)
* Sudis hyalina Rafinesque, 1810

The generic name is from Latin sudis, which referred to a wooden stake, but was also used by Pliny the Elder to describe a barracuda-like fish.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sudis". FishBase. April 2012 version.
2. ^ "Sudis hyalina". www.fishbase.se.

Taxon identifiers

Sudis|

* Wikidata: Q775143
* AFD: Sudis
* BOLD: 56042
* CoL: 7Q5F
* GBIF: 2401608
* iNaturalist: 92306
* ITIS: 162504
* NBN: NHMSYS0019996101
* NCBI: 509851
* NZOR: eb78895a-beab-49b3-be3f-3409711a44a8
* Open Tree of Life: 541966
* WoRMS: 125679

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