Scombriformes Explained

Scombriformes, also known as Pelagia and Pelagiaria, is an order of ray-finned fish within the clade Percomorpha.^{[1] [2]} It contains 287 extant species in 16 families, most of which were previously classified under the suborders Scombroidei and Stromateoidei of the order Perciformes.^[3]

The earliest known scombriform is the scombrid Landanichthys from the Middle Paleocene of Angola.^[4]

Taxonomy

Scombriformes includes the following families:^{[5] [1]}

• 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):^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Fishes of the World . 5th . Nelson, JS . Grande, TC . Wilson, MVH . amp . 2016 .
2. R. Betancur-R . E. O. Wiley . G. Arratia . A. Acero . N. Bailly . M. Miya . G. Lecointre . G. Ortí . 3 . 2017 . Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes . 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. BMC Evolutionary Biology . 17 . 162. 162 . 5501477 . 28683774 . free .
3. Scombroidei . 151748 . 2017 . 13 May 2018 . FishBase.
4. Friedman . Matt . V. Andrews . James . Saad . Hadeel . El-Sayed . Sanaa . 2023-06-16 . The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying "Patterson's Gap" in the acanthomorph skeletal record André Dumont medalist lecture 2018 . Geologica Belgica . en . 10.20341/gb.2023.002 . 1374-8505. free .
5. Web site: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification - California Academy of Sciences . www.calacademy.org . 8 November 2024 . en.
6. Near . T. J. . Thacker . C. E. . Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) . Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History . 2024 . 65 . 1 . 10.3374/014.065.0101.