What is "saury"

Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A slender marine fish ( Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.

n. A marine epipelagic fish of the family ''(taxlink Scomberesocidae family noshow=1)'', with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.

n. slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn: billfish, Scomberesox saurus]

The saury (Cololabis adocetus) (not to be confused with the Pacific saury, which is related but a different species) is a member of the family Scomberesocidae, or the saury family. It is widespread in the Eastern Pacific in the surface waters, 0-0.5 m depth; its range can go as far as 1 meter in depth. It can grow to a size of about 5 cm. The saury generally lives in waters between 5 and 12 degrees C. The saury is a highly migratory fish.