Scombriformes

Scombriformes is an order of bony fish that live in marine environments. They form part of the Pelagiaria clade. We usually call them mackerels. 

 Families 
The families placed under Scombriformes are:

 Order Scombriformes
 Suborder Scombroidei
 Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels and escolar)
 Family Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes)
 Subfamily Aphanopodinae
 Subfamily Lepidopodinae
 Subfamily Trichiurinae
 Family Sphyraenidae (barracudas)
 Family Istiophoridae (sailfish, marlins, and spearfish)
 Family Xiphiidae (swordfish)
 Family Gasterochismatidae (butterfly kingfish)
 Family Scombridae (mackerels and tunas)
 Suborder Stromateoidei
 Family Amarsipidae (the amarsipa)
 Family Centrolophidae (medusafishes)
 Family Nomeidae (driftfishes)
 Family Ariommatidae (ariommatids)
 Family 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 Arripidae (Australasian salmon (kahawai))
 Family Bramidae (pomfrets)
 Family Caristiidae (manefishes)
 Family Chiasmodontidae (swallowers)
 Family Icosteidae (the ragfish)
 Family Pomatomidae (the bluefish)
 Family Scombrolabracidae (the longfin escolar)
 Family Scombropidae (gnomefishes)

 Related pages 

 Scombridae

 References 

 Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World" (PDF) (5th ed.). Retrieved 10 May 2018.

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