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Scombrinae
Temporal range:
Thunnus thynnus, Atlantic bluefin tuna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Scombriformes
Suborder: Scombroidei
Family: Scombridae
Subfamily: Scombrinae
Bonaparte, 1831
Type species
Scomber scombrus
Linnaeus, 1758
Tribes
  • Sardini – bonitos
  • Scomberomorini – Spanish mackerels
  • Scombrini – mackerels
  • Thunnini – tunas

The Scombrinae are a subfamily of ray-finned bony fishes in the family Scombridae.[1] Of the 51 species in the Scombridae, 50 are in Scombrinae – with the sole exception being the butterfly kingfish, which is placed in the monospecific subfamily Gasterochismatinae.[2]

Classification

The Scombrinae, therefore, comprise 50 extant species in 14 genera, grouped into four tribes:

Subfamily Scombrinae
  • Tribe Scombrini – mackerels
    • Genus Rastrelliger
    • Genus Scomber
  • Tribe Scomberomorini – Spanish mackerels
    • Genus Acanthocybium
    • Genus Grammatorcynus
    • Genus Scomberomorus
  • Tribe Sardini – bonitos
    • Genus Sarda
    • Genus Cybiosarda
    • Genus Gymnosarda
    • Genus Orcynopsis
  • Tribe Thunnini – tunas
    • Genus Allothunnus
    • Genus Auxis
    • Genus Euthynnus
    • Genus Katsuwonus
    • Genus Thunnus
  • Tribe †Eocoelopomini[3]
    • Genus †Eocoelopoma (early Eocene of England & Turkmenistan)
    • Genus ?†Landanichthys (middle Paleocene of Angola)
    • Genus †Palaeothunnus (early Eocene of Turkmenistan)
    • Genus †Micrornatus (early Eocene of England)[4]

See also

  • Mackerel as food

References

  1. ↑ "Scombrinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Orrell, T.M.; Collette, B.B; Johnson, G.D. (2006). "Molecular data support separate Scombroid and Xiphioid Clades" (PDF). Bulletin of Marine Science. 79 (3): 505–519. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Beckett, Hermione T.; Friedman, Matt (2016). "The one that got away from Smith Woodward: cranial anatomy of Micrornatus (Acanthomorpha: Scombridae) revealed using computed microtomography". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 430 (1): 337–353. Bibcode:2016GSLSP.430..337B. doi:10.1144/SP430.16.
  4. ↑ Monsch, Kenneth A. (2004). "Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 95 (3–4): 445–489. doi:10.1017/S0263593300001164. ISSN 1755-6929.
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