Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792) 
AphiaID: 126392

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Pisces > Actinopterygii > Beloniformes > Scomberesocidae > Scomberesox

Status		unaccepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Scomberesox saurus saurus (Walbaum, 1792)
Rank		Species
Parent		Scomberesox Lacepède, 1803
Sources		original description: Walbaum, J.J. (Ed.) (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis: redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52: Ichthyologiae pars 3. Ant. Ferdin. Röse: Grypeswaldiae. 723, 3 plates pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 93 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. 1976. Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B. 106 p. [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Albanian gjylpanëza  [details] Albanian sauri atlantik  [details] Breton balaou  [details] Breton gosnik  [details] Catalan trumfau  [details] Danish makrelgedde  [details] Dutch makreelgeep  [details] English Atlantic saury  [details] English needlefish  [details] English saury  [details] English skipper  [details] French aiguille de mer  [details] French balaou  [details] Galician alcrique  [details] Galician alpabarba  [details] Galician xendarme  [details] German Makrelenhecht  [details] Hebrew רמחן לטאי  [details] Icelandic geirnefur  [details] Italian costardella  [details] Italian gastodella  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Λουτσοζαργάνα  [details] Norwegian makrellgjedde  [details] Norwegian Bokmål makrellgjedde  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk makrellgjedde  [details] Polish makrelosz  [details] Portuguese agulhão  [details] Spanish paparda  [details] Swedish makrillgädda  [details] Turkish zargana  [details] Welsh sgipiwr  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Helgoland [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Schelde estuary [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Host of		Bomolochus unicirrus Richiardi, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus cornutus (Claus, 1864) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus scomberesocis (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus chilensis Avdeev, 1974 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus elegans Avdeev, 1977 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (126 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 24 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Diet: Feed on copepods, euphausiids, amphipods, fish eggs and larvae [details] Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina and Bermuda [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Inhabit temperate and warm oceanic waters to depths of 30 m. [details] Importance: Social- Minor Commercial [details] Predators: Yellowfin tuna, dolphinfish, shortfin mako, silver hake [details] Reproduction: Spawns in warm waters during winter and early spring [details]
Images		Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792) added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792) added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792) added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked Poll (1947, fig. 116 & 117) added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Bonaparte) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked Scomberesox saurus added on 2008-12-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked Scomberesox saurus added on 2008-12-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked Scomberesox saurus added on 2011-03-04 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, F.J. Fife () qualitystatus: not checked Atlantic saury (balou) - large specimen added on 2011-09-04 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126392
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-01-15 17:27:08Z   changed   Bailly, Nicolas 2013-01-08 14:50:09Z   changed   Bailly, Nicolas
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		Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126392 on 2013-05-24