Scombriformes
Order of ray-finned fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scombriformes, also known as Pelagia and Pelagiaria, is an order of ray-finned fish within the clade Percomorpha.[1][2][3] It contains 287 extant species in 16 families, most of which were previously classified under the suborders Scombroidei and Stromateoidei of the order Perciformes.[1][4]
| Scombriformes Temporal range: | |
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| Blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Scombriformes Woodward, 1901 |
| Families | |
The earliest known scombriform is the scombrid Landanichthys from the Middle Paleocene of Angola.[5]
Taxonomy
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Perspective
Scombriformes includes the following families:[2][6]
- Suborder Stromateoidei
- Family Amarsipidae (amarsipa)
- Family Centrolophidae (medusafishes)
- Family Nomeidae (driftfishes)
- Family Tetragonuridae (squaretails)
- Family Ariommatidae (ariommas)
- Family Stromateidae (butterfishes)
- Suborder Scombroidei
- Family Pomatomidae (bluefishes)
- Family Icosteidae (ragfish)
- Family Arripidae (Australasian salmon (kahawai))
- Family Chiasmodontidae (swallowers)
- Family Scombridae
- Subfamily Gasterochismatinae (butterfly kingfish)
- Subfamily Scombrinae (mackerels, bonitos and tunas)
- Family Caristiidae (manefishes)
- Family Bramidae (pomfrets)
- Family Scombrolabracidae (longfin escolar)
- Family †Euzaphlegidae
- Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels)
- Family Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes)
- Subfamily Aphanopodinae (frostfishes)
- Subfamily Lepidopodinae (scabbardfishes)
- Subfamily Trichiurinae (hairtails)
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships within Scombriformes are shown in this cladogram from Near & Thacker (2024):[1]
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References
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