Scombriformes

Scombriformes
	The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Percomorpha
Order:	Scombriformes
Type species
	Scomber scombrus; Linnaeus, 1758

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)

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

Scombridae

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