WoRMS taxon details
Cololabis saira (Brevoort, 1856)
280366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280366)
accepted
Species
Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856 · unaccepted
Scombresox brevirostris Peters, 1866 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856) Brevoort, J. C. (1856). Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. <em>In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. Vol. 2. U.S. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 79, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C. [i-viii] + 1-414 + 1-14 + I-XI + [1], 17 folded charts, Pls.</em> Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color).
page(s): 281 [29], Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [details]
page(s): 281 [29], Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cololabis saira (Brevoort, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280366 on 2026-02-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856) Brevoort, J. C. (1856). Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. <em>In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. Vol. 2. U.S. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 79, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C. [i-viii] + 1-414 + 1-14 + I-XI + [1], 17 folded charts, Pls.</em> Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color).
page(s): 281 [29], Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [details]
page(s): 281 [29], Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific saury | [details] |
| French | balaou japonais | [details] |
| Japanese | サンマ | [details] |
| Russian | Сайра | [details] |
| Spanish | paparda del Pacífico | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (40 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scombresox brevirostris Peters, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cololabis saira)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Scombresox brevirostris Peters, 1866)
To GenBank (56121 nucleotides; 40400 proteins) (from synonym Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856)
To GenBank (56121 nucleotides; 40400 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scombresox brevirostris Peters, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cololabis saira)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Scombresox brevirostris Peters, 1866)
To GenBank (56121 nucleotides; 40400 proteins) (from synonym Scomberesox saira Brevoort, 1856)
To GenBank (56121 nucleotides; 40400 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
