''Cololabis'' is a genus of sauries found in the eastern and northern

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

. The name is derived from the Greek word ''kolos'', meaning "short", and the Latin word ''labis'', meaning "

forceps Forceps (plural forceps or considered a plural noun without a singular, often a pair of forceps; the Latin plural ''forcipes'' is no longer recorded in most dictionaries) are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects. Fo ...

", referring to the short beak of the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

''Scombresox brevirostris''.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Cololabis adocetus'' J. E. Böhlke, 1951 (Saury) * ''

Cololabis saira The Pacific saury (''Cololabis saira'') is a member of the family Scomberesocidae. Saury is a seafood in several East Asian cuisines and is also known by the name mackerel pike. Biology Saury is a fish with a small mouth, an elongated body, ...

'' Brevoort, 1856 ( Pacific saury)

References

Scomberesocidae Taxa named by Theodore Gill Marine fish genera {{Beloniformes-stub