Scombrinae
Subfamily of fishes
title: "Scombrinae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["scombridae", "fish-subfamilies", "taxa-named-by-charles-lucien-bonaparte"] description: "Subfamily of fishes" topic_path: "general/scombridae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scombrinae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Subfamily of fishes ::
|image=Thunnus thynnus 2.jpg |image_caption=Thunnus thynnus, Atlantic bluefin tuna |display_parents=2 |taxon=Scombrinae |authority=Bonaparte, 1831 |subdivision_ranks=Tribes |subdivision=
- Sardini – bonitos
- Scomberomorini – Spanish mackerels
- Scombrini – mackerels
- Thunnini – tunas | type_species = Scomber scombrus | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 The Scombrinae are a subfamily of ray-finned bony fishes in the family Scombridae. Of the 51 species in the Scombridae, 50 are in Scombrinae – with the sole exception being the butterfly kingfish, which is placed in the monospecific subfamily Gasterochismatinae.
Classification
The Scombrinae, therefore, comprise 50 extant species in 14 genera, grouped into four tribes:
; Subfamily Scombrinae
- Tribe Scombrini – mackerels
- Genus Rastrelliger
- Genus Scomber
- Tribe Scomberomorini – Spanish mackerels
- Genus Acanthocybium
- Genus Grammatorcynus
- Genus Scomberomorus
- Tribe Sardini – bonitos
- Genus Sarda
- Genus Cybiosarda
- Genus Gymnosarda
- Genus Orcynopsis
- Tribe Thunnini – tunas
- Genus Allothunnus
- Genus Auxis
- Genus Euthynnus
- Genus Katsuwonus
- Genus Thunnus
References
References
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- Orrell, T.M.. (May 2018). "Molecular data support separate Scombroid and Xiphioid Clades". Bulletin of Marine Science.
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