page_title: Pacific saury
section_title: Name
hierarchical_section_title: Pacific saury / Name
context_page_description: The Pacific saury is a member of the family Scomberesocidae. This saury, which is a food source in some East Asian cuisines, is also known by the name mackerel pike.
context_section_description: It is known as sanma (さんま / サンマ / 秋刀魚) and saira (さいら / サイラ /佐伊羅) in Japanese, kkongchi (꽁치) in Korean, Pinyin: qiū dāo yú in Chinese (秋刀鱼 in Simplified Chinese or 秋刀魚 in Traditional Chinese), and saira (сайра) in Russian. The term saira used in its scientific name is the fish's local name in the Kii Peninsula region of Japan. The Kanji used in the Japanese name of the fish (秋刀魚) literally translates as "autumn knife fish", in reference to its body shape, somewhat resembling a katana, and its peak season.This name was born in Japan and it was derived from Japanese to Chinese.
  The name saira also changed from Japanese (Wakayama dialect) to scientific name and Russian.
  Pacific saury are often imported to the United Kingdom where they are used as bait for pike and sea fishing. In the UK they are usually called blueys, possibly due to people confusing the Pacific saury with blue mackerel.
caption: The name sanma(秋刀魚) comes from shape and color of katana(刀 / japanese sword).
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