Scomberesox

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Beloniformes
Subordo: Belonoidei
Superfamilia: Scomberesocoidea

Familia: Scomberesocidae
Genus: Scomberesox
Species: S. saurus – S. simulans
Name

Scomberesox Lacepède, 1802

Gender: masculine

Type species: Scomberesox camperii Lacepède, 1803, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Grammiconotus Costa, 1862
Nanichthys Hubbs & Wisner, 1980
Sayris Rafinesque, 1810

References

Lacepède, B. G. E. (1803) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Histoire naturelle des poissons. 5: i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21.
Hubbs, C.L. & Wisner, R.L. 1980. Revision of the sauries (Pisces, Scomberesocidae) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin 77(3): 521–566. BHL Reference page.

Links

Scomberesox – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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 from the Greek skombros, meaning 'mackerel') and the Latin esox meaning pike.[1]
Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

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

References

Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Scomberesox in FishBase. April 2019 version.