What is Scombriformes?
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Scsco u0.gif | image_caption = The Atlantic mackerel (''[[Scomber scombrus]]'') | taxon = Scombriformes | authority = | type_species = ''[[Scomber scombrus]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] }} '''Scombriformes''' is an order of [[bony fish]] that live in [[Ocean|marine environments]]. They form part of the [[Pelagiaria]] clade. We usually call them '''[[Mackerel|mackerels]]'''. == Families == The families placed under Scombriformes are: * Order Scombriformes ** Suborder Scombroidei *** Family [[Gempylidae]] ([[Snake mackerel|snake mackerels]] and [[escolar]]) *** Family [[Cutflassfish|Trichiuridae]] (cutlassfishes) **** Subfamily Aphanopodinae **** Subfamily Lepidopodinae **** Subfamily Trichiurinae *** Family [[Barracuda|Sphyraenidae]] (barracudas) *** Family [[Istiophoridae]] (sailfish, marlins, and spearfish) *** Family [[Swordfish|Xiphiidae]] (swordfish) *** Family Gasterochismatidae ([[butterfly kingfish]]) *** Family [[Scombridae]] (mackerels and tunas) ** Suborder Stromateoidei *** Family [[Amarsipus|Amarsipidae]] (the amarsipa) *** Family [[Medusafish|Centrolophidae]] (medusafishes) *** Family [[Driftfish|Nomeidae]] (driftfishes) *** Family [[Ariommatidae]] (ariommatids) *** Family [[Squaretail|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 [[Arripis|Arripidae]] (Australasian salmon (kahawai)) * Family [[Pomfret|Bramidae]] (pomfrets) * Family [[Caristiidae]] (manefishes) * Family [[Chiasmodontidae]] (swallowers) * Family [[Ragfish|Icosteidae]] (the ragfish) * Family [[Pomatomidae]] (the bluefish) * Family [[Longfin escolar|Scombrolabracidae]] (the longfin escolar) * Family [[Gnomefish|Scombropidae]] (gnomefishes) == Related pages == * [[Scombridae]] == References == # Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & W