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Saury
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The saury (Cololabis adocetus) is a species of fish that is a member of the family Scomberesocidae, or the saury family. It is widespread in the Eastern Pacific in the surface waters, typically remaining in the top 50 centimeters of the water column - although it can be found at depths of up to 1 meter. It can grow to a length of about 5 centimeters. The saury generally lives in waters between 5 and 12 degrees Celsius. The saury is a highly migratory fish.
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Vinony's link graph records 25 inbound references to Saury, and connects out to Animalia, Pacific Ocean and Chordata.
Vinony files it under Cololabis, Commercial fish and Fish described in 1951.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderBeloniformes
- FamilyScomberesocidae
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- Cololabis
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- C. adocetus
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The saury (Cololabis adocetus) is a species of fish that is a member of the family Scomberesocidae, or the saury family. It is widespread in the Eastern Pacific in the surface waters, typically remaining in the top 50 centimeters of the water column - although it can be found at depths of up to 1 meter. It can grow to a length of about 5 centimeters. The saury generally lives in waters between 5 and 12 degrees Celsius. The saury is a highly migratory fish.
==See also== Pacific saury
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.