Scombriformes
Scombriformes is an order of bony fish that live in marine environments. They form part of the Pelagiaria clade. We usually call them mackerels.
| Scombriformes | |
|---|---|
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| The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Type species | |
| Scomber scombrus | |
Families
The families placed under Scombriformes are:
- Order Scombriformes
- Suborder Scombroidei
- Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels and escolar)
- Family Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes)
- Subfamily Aphanopodinae
- Subfamily Lepidopodinae
- Subfamily Trichiurinae
- Family Sphyraenidae (barracudas)
- Family Istiophoridae (sailfish, marlins, and spearfish)
- Family Xiphiidae (swordfish)
- Family Gasterochismatidae (butterfly kingfish)
- Family Scombridae (mackerels and tunas)
- Suborder Stromateoidei
- Family Amarsipidae (the amarsipa)
- Family Centrolophidae (medusafishes)
- Family Nomeidae (driftfishes)
- Family Ariommatidae (ariommatids)
- Family Tetragonuridae (squaretails)
- Family Stromateidae (butterfishes)
- Suborder Scombroidei
Other families
In Betancur-R et al., 2017, the following additional families are placed under Scombriformes, which is considered synonymous with the Pelagiaria clade.
- Family Arripidae (Australasian salmon (kahawai))
- Family Bramidae (pomfrets)
- Family Caristiidae (manefishes)
- Family Chiasmodontidae (swallowers)
- Family Icosteidae (the ragfish)
- Family Pomatomidae (the bluefish)
- Family Scombrolabracidae (the longfin escolar)
- Family Scombropidae (gnomefishes)
Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
Related pages
References
- Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World" Archived 2022-01-20 at the Wayback Machine(PDF) (5th ed.). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
Other websites
Media related to Scombriformes at Wikimedia Commons