Scomberesocidae

Dwarf saury

Scomberesox simulans

Scomberesocid Fish from the Nile Basin

• Cross-climate
• Temperate
• Tropical
• Northern Hemisphere
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• South America
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

Scomberesox simulans, the dwarf saury, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Scomberesocidae, found in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. It inhabits tropical and subtropical waters near the surface as a pelagic-oceanic species, migrating as the ocean warms in the spring and summer. It mainly feeds on planktonic organisms.