The Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus) is a fish of the family Scomberesocidae found in the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada south to Bermuda and North Carolina in the western Atlantic and from Iceland to Morocco in the eastern Atlantic, it is also found in the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic Saury being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Trichiurus lepturus
- Ablennes hians
- Hyporhamphus melanochir
- Hyporhamphus ihi
- Belone belone
- Ammodytes americanus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Scomberesocidae
- Genus
- Scomberesox
- Species
- Scomberesox saurus
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