''Scomberesox'' is a

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sauries Sauries are fish of the family Scomberesocidae. There are two genera, each containing two species. The name Scomberesocidae is derived from the ''scomber'', which in turn is derived from the Greek ''skombros'', meaning "mackerel", and the Latin ...

. It is one of two in the family Scomberesocidae. The generic name ''Scomberesox'' is a he name id a compound of ''scomber'', which in turn is derived from the

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''skombros'', meaning "

mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

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''esox'' meaning

pike Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''

Scomberesox saurus 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 ...

'' (Walbaum, 1792) (Atlantic saury) * '' Scomberesox scombroides'' ( J. Richardson, 1843) (King gar) * '' Scomberesox simulans'' ( C. L. Hubbs & Wisner, 1980) (Dwarf saury)

References

Scomberesocidae {{Beloniformes-stub