title: Searsid
text: # Searsid
  
  Searsid is a term used to refer to fish of the family Platytroctidae that resemble Searsia koefoedi. Fish referred to as searsids include:
  
  * bigeye searsid (Holtbyrnia macrops)
  * bighead searsid (Holtbyrnia anomala)
  * Koefoed's searsid (Searsia koefoedi)
  * legless searsid (Platytroctes apus)
  * Maul's searsid (Maulisia mauli)
  * multipore searsid (Normichthys operosus)
  * palebelly searsid (Barbantus curvifrons)
  * palegold searsid (Maulisia argipalla)
  * Schnakenbeck's searsid (Sagamichthys schnakenbecki)
  * smallscale searsid (Maulisia microlepis)
  