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SpeciesBeloniformesScomberesocidae
Fish

๐ŸŸPacific saury

Cololabis saira (Brevoort, 1856)

The Pacific saury is species of fish in the family Scomberesocidae. Saury is a seafood in several East Asian cuisines and is also known by the name mackerel pike.

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Conservation status
Not evaluated

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Key measurements
Body mass
0.18 kg
Body length
0.4 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
2 years
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Everything we know about the Pacific saury

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Body mass
0.18 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
0.4 mmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
2 yearsrecord 4 years ยท FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.71
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04, estimate table ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.71 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2โ€“2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
0.2 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Pacific saury yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. โ€บphylumChordata
  3. โ€บorderBeloniformes
  4. โ€บfamilyScomberesocidae
  5. โ€บgenusCololabis
  6. โ€บspeciesCololabis saira
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  2. orderBeloniformes
  3. suborderBelonoidei
  4. familyBelonidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. superorderAtherinomorphae
  11. orderBeloniformes
  12. suborderBelonoidei
  13. familyBelonidae
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Cololabis saira (es), ใ‚ตใƒณใƒž (ja), Japanse makreelgeep (nl), Sajra (pl), ุณุงู†ู…ุง (fa), Cololabis saira (fr) โ€ฆ and 16 more languages
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