Saury (Cololabis adocetus)

Scientific name: Cololabis adocetus B?hlke, 1951

Saury (Cololabis adocetus)

The Saury (Cololabis adocetus) is a marine fish of the family Esocidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Species facts

Scientific name
Cololabis adocetus
Family
Esocidae (Pikes)
Order
Esociformes (Pikes and Mudminnows)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
5.1
Depth range
0–1 m (0–3 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - 1 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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