Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Parent taxon: Scomberomorini according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Argyriou 2022, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Collette et al. 2001, Ebersole et al. 2019, Klawe 1977, Maisch et al. 2016, Monsch 2004, Monsch and Bannikov 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Starks 1910 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthocybium, Neocybium, Palaeocybium
Subtaxa: Scomberomorus avitus Scomberomorus bleekeri Scomberomorus brasilensis Scomberomorus cavalla Scomberomorus commerson Scomberomorus concolor Scomberomorus guttatus Scomberomorus koreanus Scomberomorus lineolatus Scomberomorus maculatus Scomberomorus multiradiatus Scomberomorus niphonius Scomberomorus plumieri Scomberomorus plurilineatus Scomberomorus priscus Scomberomorus queenslandicus Scomberomorus regalis Scomberomorus saevus Scomberomorus semifasciatus Scomberomorus sierra Scomberomorus sinensis Scomberomorus stormsi Scomberomorus tritor
Type: Scomber regalis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)
• Miocene of Angola (1), Japan (2), Poland (1), United States (4: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Belgium (3), Kazakhstan (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Turkmenistan (1), United States (10: Alabama, Virginia)
Total: 31 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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