Scombriformes is an

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

bony fish Osteichthyes (), popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartila ...

containing nine families which were classified under the

suborder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...

Scombroidei Scombroidei is a suborder of the Perciformes, the largest order of fish. The suborder includes the barracuda, tuna, and mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family S ...

and Stromateoidei, of the wider grouping known as

Perciformes Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means ...

, ''

Fishes of the World ''Fishes of the World'' by the American Ichthyology, ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011) is a standard reference for fish systematics. Now in its fifth edition (2016), the work is a comprehensive overview of the diversity and classificat ...

'', 5th ed. (2016), recognised the order but subsequent workers have suggested that Scombriformes forms part of the larger Pelagiaria clade.

Families

The families placed under Scombriformes in Nelson 2016 are: * Order Scombriformes ** Suborder

*** Family

Gempylidae The Gempylidae are a family of perciform fishes commonly known as snake mackerels or escolars. The family includes about 25 species. They are elongated fishes with a similar appearance to barracudas, having a long dorsal fin, usually with one ...

(snake mackerels) *** Family Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes) **** Subfamily Aphanopodinae **** Subfamily Lepidopodinae **** Subfamily Trichiurinae *** Family

Scombridae The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of 51 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies. All species are in the subfamily Scombrinae, except the butter ...

(mackerels and tunas) **** Subfamily Gasterochismatinae **** Subfamily Scombrinae ** Suborder Stromateoidei *** Family Amarsipidae (the amarsipa) *** Family Centrolophidae (medusafishes) *** Family Nomeidae (driftfishes) *** Family

Ariommatidae Ariomattidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes which are classified within the suborder Stromateoidei of the order Scombriformes. Genera Ariommatidae contains one extant genus and one known extinct genus: means extinct References {{ ...

(ariommatids) *** Family Tetragonuridae (squaretails) *** Family

Stromateidae The family Stromateidae or butterfish contains 15 species of fish in three genera. Butterfishes live in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific. The endemic New Zealand species '' Odax pullus'' is commonly called b ...

(butterfishes) 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 are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important food sources for humans, especially ''Brama brama'' in South Asia. The earlier form of t ...

(pomfrets) * Family Caristiidae (manefishes) * Family

Chiasmodontidae The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea percomorph fishes, part of the order Trachiniformes, known from oceans worldwide. Timeline ImageSize = width:1000px height:auto barincrement:15px PlotArea = ...

(swallowers) * Family Icosteidae (the ragfish) * Family Pomatomidae (the bluefish) * Family

Scombrolabracidae The longfin escolar, ''Scombrolabrax heterolepis'', also known as the black mackerel, is a widespread but uncommon deep sea fish that presents some difficulties for Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy. It is placed in its own family Scombrolabracidae, ...

(the longfin escolar) * Family Scombropidae (gnomefishes)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15846988 Percomorpha