Cololabis

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]

Cololabis
Cololabis saira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beloniformes
Family:	Scomberesocidae
Genus:	Cololabis T. N. Gill, 1896
Type species
Scombresox brevirostris Peters, 1866[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• Cololabis adocetus J. E. Böhlke, 1951 (Saury)
• Cololabis saira Brevoort, 1856 (Pacific saury)