Animalia > Chordata > Beloniformes > Scomberesocidae

Scomberesocidae (sauries and saury pikes)

Synonyms: Scomberosocidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Sauries are fish of the family Scomberesocidae. There are two genera, each containing two species. The name Scomberesocidae is derived from the Greek, skombros = tuna/mackerel, and esox = nursery of salmon. They are harvested commercially as a food fish; Pacific saury are consumed often in Japanese and Korean cuisine. The fish is usually grilled. The Saury, a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for this fish.
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Genus

Cololabis (Saury) (2)
Praescomberesox (1)
Scomberesox (sauries and skippers) (6)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0