Atlantic saury

Atlantic saury
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Scomberesocidae
Genus: Scomberesox
Species:
S. saurus
Binomial name
Scomberesox saurus
(Walbaum, 1792)
Synonyms[2]
  • Esox saurus Walbaum, 1792
  • Belone saurus (Walbaum, 1792)
  • Esox brasiliensis Pennant, 1787
  • Scomberesox camperii Lacépède, 1803
  • Sayris hians Rafinesque, 1810
  • Sayris serrata Rafinesque, 1810
  • Sayris bimaculatus Rafinesque, 1810
  • Sayris recurvirostra Rafinesque, 1810
  • Sayris maculata Rafinesque, 1810
  • Scomberesox equirostrum Lesueur, 1821
  • Scomberesox scutellatum Lesueur, 1821
  • Scomberesox storeri Dekay, 1842
  • Scombresox rondeletii Valenciennes, 1846
  • Grammiconotus bicolor Costa, 1862

The Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus) is a fish of the family Scomberesocidae found in the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada south to Bermuda and North Carolina in the western Atlantic and from Iceland to Morocco in the eastern Atlantic, it is also found in the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea.[2]

  1. ^ Collette, B.B. (2015). "Scomberesox saurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190211A15590295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190211A15590295.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scomberesox saurus". FishBase. February 2019 version.