σαῦρος
Trachurus trachurus
#nm_0392📍 Ancient Greece
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Transliteration
- sauros
- IPA
- /sau̯.ros/
From Ancient Greek σαῦρος saûros (horse mackerel) ↳ From σαῦρα saûra (lizard) - lizard-like appearance
Atlantic horse mackerel (common scad), a jack of the family Carangidae. Slender, laterally compressed body with a large head, two dorsal fins, and a distinctive curved row of bony scutes along the flank; dark blue above with silvery sides and a dark spot on the gill cover. A migratory, shoaling, benthopelagic fish of the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea, usually over sandy bottoms at 100-200 m; commonly ~25 cm, max ~60 cm.
Lent to: Σαυρίδι