Biology:Scombrini

Short description: Tribe of fishes

True mackerels
Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Subfamily:	Scombrinae
Tribe:	Scombrini Bonaparte, 1831
Genera
Scomber Linnaeus, 1758 Rastrelliger Jordan & Starks in Jordan & Dickerson, 1908

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.

Genera

This tribe consists of seven species in two genera:

• Scomber Linnaeus, 1758
  • Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832, Blue mackerel
  • Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789, Atlantic chub mackerel
  • Scomber japonicus, Houttuyn, 1782, Chub mackerel
  • Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758, Atlantic mackerel

• 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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3475986 entry