{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Scomberesox saurus saurus.jpg | image_caption = Atlantic Saury ''(S. saurus)'' | taxon = Scomberesox | authority = Lacépède, 1803 | type_species = ''Scomberesox camperii'' | type_species_authority = Lacepède, 1803 }}
'''''Scomberesox''''' is a genus of sauries. It is one of two in the family Scomberesocidae. The generic name ''Scomberesox'' is a compound of ''scomber'' (which is derived from the Greek ''skombros'', meaning 'mackerel') and the Latin ''esox'' meaning pike.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://www.etyfish.org/beloniformes/ | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 15 June 2019 | title= Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes) | accessdate = 3 August 2019 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}</ref>
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Scomberesox| month = April | year = 2019}}</ref> * ''Scomberesox saurus'' <small>(Walbaum, 1792)</small> (Atlantic saury) * ''Scomberesox scombroides'' <small>(J. Richardson, 1843)</small> (King gar) * ''Scomberesox simulans'' <small>(C. L. Hubbs & Wisner, 1980)</small> (Dwarf saury)
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Category:Scomberesox Category:Scomberesocidae
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