Cololabis
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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]
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Cololabis | |
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Cololabis saira | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beloniformes |
Family: | Scomberesocidae |
Genus: | Cololabis T. N. Gill, 1896 |
Type species | |
Scombresox brevirostris |
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