Sauries are fish of the familyScomberesocidae. There are two genera, each containing two species. The name Scomberesocidae is derived from scomber (which in turn is derived from the Greekskombros, meaning 'mackerel') and the Latinesox meaning pike.[1]
Sauries are marine epipelagic fish which live in tropical and temperate waters. These fish often jump while swimming near the surface, skimming the water, which is similar to flying fish, a fellow member of the order beloniformes. 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 row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins. They also lack swim bladders. Sauries grow to a maximum length of about 46 centimetres (18 in), but the group also includes the smallest of all epipelagic fish, Cololabis adocetus, with an adult length of just 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in).[2]
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scomberesocidae, sauries, fish, family, there, genera, each, containing, species, name, derived, from, scomber, which, turn, derived, from, greek, skombros, meaning, mackerel, latin, esox, meaning, pike, temporal, range, miocene, recent, preꞒ, nscomberesox, sa. Sauries are fish of the family Scomberesocidae There are two genera each containing two species The name Scomberesocidae is derived from scomber which in turn is derived from the Greek skombros meaning mackerel and the Latin esox meaning pike 1 ScomberesocidaeTemporal range Miocene Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NScomberesox saurusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder BeloniformesSuperfamily ScomberesocoideaFamily ScomberesocidaeJ P Muller 1843Generasee textSauries are marine epipelagic fish which live in tropical and temperate waters These fish often jump while swimming near the surface skimming the water which is similar to flying fish a fellow member of the order beloniformes 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 row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins They also lack swim bladders Sauries grow to a maximum length of about 46 centimetres 18 in but the group also includes the smallest of all epipelagic fish Cololabis adocetus with an adult length of just 7 5 centimetres 3 0 in 2 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 Genera editThere are two recognised genera within the family Scomberesocidae 3 Cololabis Gill 1896 Scomberesox Lacepede 1803See also editBeloniformesReferences edit Christopher Scharpf Kenneth J Lazara 15 June 2019 Order BELONIFORMES Needlefishes The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J Lazara Retrieved 3 August 2019 Collette B B amp Parin N V 1998 Paxton J R amp Eschmeyer W N eds Encyclopedia of Fishes San Diego Academic Press p 144 ISBN 0 12 547665 5 J S Nelson T C Grande M V H Wilson 2016 Fishes of the World 5th ed Wiley p 369 ISBN 978 1 118 34233 6 Froese Rainer and Daniel Pauly eds 2012 Scomberesocidae in FishBase August 2012 version Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scomberesocidae amp oldid 1169133375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
