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Scomberesox saurus
Saury Sau"ry, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
Scomberesox saurus
Skipper Skip"per, n. 1. One who, or that which, skips. 2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus). 4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. 5. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiad[ae]; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Scomberesox saurus
Billfish Bill"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus, or Belone, longirostris) and allied species. (b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

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- Scomberesox is a genus of sauries. It is one of two in the family Scomberesocidae. The generic name Scomberesox is a compound of scomber (which is derived...
- Scomberesox scombroides, the king gar, is a species of saury, a fish in the family Scomberesocidae which is widespread in the temperate oceans of the...
- Scomberesox simulans, the dwarf saury, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Scomberesocidae, found in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. It inhabits...
- 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...
- recognised genera within the family Scomberesocidae: Cololabis Gill, 1896 Scomberesox Lacepède, 1803 A potential extinct genus, Praescomberesox, is known by...
- Scomberesocoidea Scomberesox saurus Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata class: Actinopterygii Order: Beloniformes...
- presbyter (Stribefisk) Garfish, Belone belone (Hornfisk) Atlantic saury, Scomberesox saurus (Makrelgedde) Mediterranean flyingfish, Cheilopogon heterurus...
- Cololabis Species: C. saira Binomial name Cololabis saira (Brevoort, 1856) Synonyms Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856 Scombresox brevirostris Peters, 1866...
- Belone svetovidovi Family Scomberesocidae (sauries) Atlantic saury, Scomberesox saurus saurus Family Atherinidae (silversides) Sand smelt, Atherina presbyter...
- (Linnaeus, 1761) Garfish Native Not evaluated Family: Scomberesocidae Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792) Atlantic saury Native Not evaluated Family: Exocoetidae...