Biology:Cololabis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Cololabis | |
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| Cololabis saira | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Scomberesocidae |
| Genus: | Cololabis T. N. Gill, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Scombresox brevirostris Peters, 1866[1]
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Cololabis is a genus of sauries found in the eastern and northern Pacific Ocean. The name is derived from the Greek word kolos, meaning 'short', and the Latin word labis, meaning 'forceps', referring to the short beak of the type species Scombresox brevirostris.[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Cololabis adocetus J. E. Böhlke, 1951 (Saury)
- Cololabis saira Brevoort, 1856 (Pacific saury)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Cololabis". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4689.
- ↑ "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 15 June 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/beloniformes/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cololabis in FishBase. August 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2560495 entry
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