Scombriformes
| Scombriformes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Type species | |
| Scomber scombrus | |
Scombriformes is an order of bony fish that live in marine environments. They form part of the Pelagiaria clade. We usually call them mackerels.
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)
Related pages
References
- Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World"(PDF) (5th ed.). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
Other websites
Media related to Scombriformes at Wikimedia Commons