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Scombriformes 
Summary
Scombriformes is an order of bony fish containing nine families which were classified under the suborders Scombroidei and Stromateoidei, of the wider grouping known as Perciformes,[1] Fishes of the World, 5th ed. (2016), recognised the order[2] but subsequent workers have suggested that Scombriformes forms part of the larger Pelagiaria clade.[3]
| Scombriformes Temporal range:
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| The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Type species | |
| Scomber scombrus | |
| Families | |
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The earliest scombriform is Landanichthys from the Middle Paleocene of Angola.[4]
Families edit
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)
- 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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Ricardo Betancur-R; Edward O. Wiley; Gloria Arratia; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (162): 162. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.
- ^ Friedman, Matt; V. Andrews, James; Saad, Hadeel; El-Sayed, Sanaa (2023-06-16). "The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying "Patterson's Gap" in the acanthomorph skeletal record André Dumont medalist lecture 2018". Geologica Belgica. doi:10.20341/gb.2023.002. ISSN 1374-8505.