Scombrini
Tribe of fishes
True mackerels | |
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Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
Tribe: | Scombrini Bonaparte, 1831 |
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Scombrini, commonly called the true mackerels, is a tribe of ray-finned bony fishes in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family it shares with the Spanish mackerel, tuna and bonito tribes, plus the butterfly kingfish.[1]
Genera
This tribe consists of seven species in two genera:
- Rastrelliger Jordan & Starks in Jordan & Dickerson, 1908
- Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851), Short mackerel
- Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967, Island mackerel
- Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816), Indian mackerel
- Rastrelliger Jordan & Starks in Jordan & Dickerson, 1908
See also
References
- ^ "Scombrini". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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(tribe Scombrini)
Scomber (4 species) | |
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Rastrelliger (3 species) |
(tribe Scomberomorini)
mackerels
Jack mackerels (15 species) | |
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Snake mackerels (5 species) | |
Hexagrammidae (2 species) |
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