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Sauries are fish of the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Scomberesocidae. There are two genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
, each containing two species. The name Scomberesocidae is derived from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, skombros = tunny
Tuna

Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tunas are fast swimmers?they have been clocked at 70 km/h ?and include several species that are warm-blooded....
/mackerel
Mackerel

Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae. They occur in all tropical and temperate seas....
, and esox = nursery of salmon
Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
.

Sauries are marine epipelagic fish which live in tropical and temperate waters. These fish often jump while swimming near the surface, skimming the water. The jaws of sauries are beak-like, ranging from long, slender beaks to relatively short ones with the lower jaw only slightly elongated.






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Sauries are fish of the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Scomberesocidae. There are two genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
, each containing two species. The name Scomberesocidae is derived from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, skombros = tunny
Tuna

Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tunas are fast swimmers?they have been clocked at 70 km/h ?and include several species that are warm-blooded....
/mackerel
Mackerel

Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae. They occur in all tropical and temperate seas....
, and esox = nursery of salmon
Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
.

Sauries are marine epipelagic fish which live in tropical and temperate waters. These fish often jump while swimming near the surface, skimming the water. The jaws of sauries are beak-like, ranging from long, slender beaks to relatively short ones with the lower jaw only slightly elongated. The mouth openings of sauries, however, are small and the jaws have weak teeth. The most distinctive feature of sauries, however, is the presence of a a row of small finlets behind the dorsal
Dorsal fin

A wikt:dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of some fish, whales, dolphins, and porpoises, as well as the ichthyosaurs. Its main purpose is to stabilize the animal against rolling and assist in sudden turns....
 and anal fins. They also lack swim bladders. Sauries grow to a maximum length of about , but the group also includes the smallest of all epipelagic fish, Cololabus adacetus, which an adult length of just .

They are harvested commercially as a food fish; Pacific saury
Pacific saury

The Pacific saury, Cololabis saira, is a saury, a member of the family Scomberesocidae. This fish, which is a seafood in some East Asian cuisines, is also known by the name mackerel pike....
 are consumed often in Japanese
Japanese cuisine

Japanese cuisine has developed over the centuries as a result of many political and social changes. The cuisine eventually changed with the advent of the Medieval age which ushered in a shedding of elitism with the age of Shogun rule....
 and Korean cuisine. The fish is usually grilled.

Species

  • Genus Cololabis
    Cololabis

    Cololabis is a genus of Saury. The name is derived from the Greek word kolos, meaning "short", and the Latin word labia, meaning "lips". There are two species....
    • Cololabis adocetus
    • Cololabis saira (Pacific saury
      Pacific saury

      The Pacific saury, Cololabis saira, is a saury, a member of the family Scomberesocidae. This fish, which is a seafood in some East Asian cuisines, is also known by the name mackerel pike....
      )
  • Genus Scomberesox
    • Scomberesox simulans (Dwarf saury)
    • Scomberesox saurus (Atlantic saury
      Atlantic saury

      The Atlantic saury, Scomberesox saurus, is a fish of the family Scomberesocidae found in the Atlantic Ocean, in the seas near Australia, and also in the Mediterranean....
      )


Trivia

The Saury
USS Saury (SS-189)

USS Saury , a Sargo class submarine submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the saury, a long-beaked relative of the flying fish found in the temperate zones of the Atlantic....
, a Sargo
Sargo class submarine

The Sargo class submarines were the first US submarines to be sent into action after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, starting war patrols the day after the Attack on Pearl Harbor....
-class submarine
Submarine

A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below water. It differs from a submersible, which has only limited underwater capability....
, was the only ship of the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 to be named for this fish.

See also

  • Beloniformes
    Beloniformes

    The Beloniformes are an order of five Family of freshwater and marine ray-finned fish: the Adrianichthyidae ; Belonidae ; Exocoetidae ; Hemiramphidae : and the Scomberesocidae ....