Scombriformes
Scombriformes Temporal range:
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The Atlantic mackerel ( Scomber scombrus )
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Percomorpha |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Type species | |
Families | |
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Scombriformes is an
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)
- 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)
- Family
- Suborder Scombroidei
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
- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2017). "Scombroidei". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ a b Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World" (PDF) (5th ed.). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ PMID 28683774.
- ISSN 1374-8505.