Cololabis saira (Pacific Saury) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family needlefishes. Individuals are known to live for 2 years and can grow to 40.0 cm.
Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin