Scombriformes

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Scombriformes
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene–present
The Atlantic mackerel (
Scomber scombrus
)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Scombriformes
Type species
Scomber scombrus
Families

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Scombriformes is an

Pelagiaria clade.[3]

The earliest scombriform is Landanichthys from the Middle Paleocene of Angola.[4]

Families

The families placed under Scombriformes in Nelson 2016 are:[2]

  • Order Scombriformes
    • Suborder Scombroidei
      • Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels)
      • Family
        Trichiuridae
        (cutlassfishes)
      • 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)

In Betancur-R et al., 2017,[3] 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)

References

  1. ^ Bailly N, ed. (2017). "Scombroidei". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World" (PDF) (5th ed.). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^
    PMID 28683774
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