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Scombrinae

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Scombrinae Rafinesque-Schmaltz
1977Scombrinae Klawe p. 1
2001Scombrinae Collette et al. p. 2 figs. Table I
2004Scombrinae Monsch p. 449
2011Scombrinae Monsch and Bannikov p. 270
2019Scombrinae Ebersole et al. p. 173
2022Scombrinae Cicimurri et al.
2025Scombrinae Cicimurri et al. p. 85

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Pelagiaria
orderScombriformes
familyScombridae(Rafinesque 1815)
subfamilyScombrinaeRafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
subfamilyScombrinaeRafinesque-Schmaltz 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Scombrinae Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
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Tr. Scomberomorini Starks 1910
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G. Acanthocybium Gill 1862
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†Acanthocybium proosti Storms 1897
†Acanthocybium solandri Cuvier 1831
G. †Neocybium Leriche 1906
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†Neocybium parvidentatum Monsch and Bannikov 2011
†Neocybium rostratum Leriche 1908
G. †Palaeocybium Monsch 2004
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†Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
G. Scomberomorus Lacépède 1802
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†Scomberomorus avitus Bannikov 1985
†Scomberomorus bleekeri Storms 1892
Scomberomorus brasilensis Collette et al. 1978
Scomberomorus commerson Lacepède 1800
Scomberomorus concolor Lockington 1879
Scomberomorus guttatus Bloch and Schneider 1801
Scomberomorus koreanus Kishinouye 1915
†Scomberomorus plumieri Lacepede 1802
†Scomberomorus priscus Casier 1966
†Scomberomorus saevus Bannikov 1982
Scomberomorus sinensis Lacepède 1800
†Scomberomorus stormsi Leriche 1905
Tr. †Scombrini Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
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G. †Auxides Jordan 1919
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†Auxides cernegurae Ciobanu 1977
†Auxides devia Danilt'chenko 1962
†Auxides propterygius Agassiz 1835
†Auxides sanctaemonicae Jordan 1919
†Auxides turkmenica Daniltshenko 1968
G. Rastrelliger Jordan and Starks 1908
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Tr. Thunnini Starks 1910
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G. Allothunnus Serventy 1948
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Allothunnus fallai Serventy 1948
G. Auxis Cuvier 1829
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Auxis rochei Risso 1810
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Auxis rochei eudorax Collette and Aadland 1996
Auxis thazard Lacepede 1800
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Auxis thazard brachydorax Collette and Aadland 1996
Auxis thazard thazard Lacepède 1800
G. †Eothynnus Woodward 1901
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†Eothynnus salmoneus Woodward 1901
G. Euthynnus Jordan and Gilbert 1882
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Euthynnus affinis Cantor 1849
Euthynnus alletteratus Rafinesque 1810
Euthynnus lineatus Kishinouye 1920
G. Katsuwonus Kishinouye 1915
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Katsuwonus pelamis Linnaeus 1758
G. Thunnus South 1845
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Subg. †Thunnus (Alciola) Jordan 1925
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†Thunnus abchazicus Danil’chenko 1951
Thunnus alalunga Bonnaterre 1788
Thunnus albacares Bonnaterre 1788
Thunnus atlanticus Lesson 1831
†Thunnus krambergeri Pauca 1931
†Thunnus lanceolatus Agassiz 1835
†Thunnus latior Agassiz 1835
Thunnus maccoyii Castelnau 1872
Thunnus obesus Lowe 1839
Thunnus orientalis Temminck and Schlegel 1844
†Thunnus secretus Bannikov 1979
Thunnus thynnus Linnaeus 1758
Thunnus tonggol Bleeker 1851
Invalid names: Albacora Jordan 1888 [synonym], Orcynus Agassiz 1835 [replaced], Thynnus Cuvier 1816 [objective synonym]
G. †Woodwardella Casier 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 51.1 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) Scomberomorus sp., Acanthocybium proosti, Scomberomorus bleekeri (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Cybium proosti (164192)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Turkmenistan Auxides turkmenicus, Scomberomorus avitus (186444)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Senegal Auxides huberti (190952)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Eothynnus salmoneus, Cybium proosti, Woodwardella patellifrons, Thunnini indet. (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Auxides propterygius (94830) Orcynus lanceolatus, Orcynus latior, Thynnus bolcensis (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Cybium proosti (219003 219008) Cybium proosti, Cybium stormsi (219001 219005 219006)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Acanthocybium sp., Eothynnus salmoneus, Palaeocybium proosti, Woodwardella patellifrons, Thunnini indet. (215472)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Scomberomorus bleekeri, Scomberomorus stormsi (209524) Scomberomorus sp., Scomberomorus bleekeri, Palaeocybium proosti, Scomberomorus stormsi (81179)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Georgia Auxides devius, Scombrosarda devia (185619)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine Cybium proosti (211009)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Scomberomorus bleekeri (81206 209521 209522) Scomberomorus sp. (209368) Scomberomorus stormsi (13346)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Cybium proosti (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Cybium proosti (209370 209371)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Georgia (Abkhazia) Thunnus abchasicus (185592)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Kazakhstan Scomberomorus saevus, Neocybium parvidentatum (186474)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Palaeocybium proosti (176944) Scomberomorus bleekeri, Palaeocybium proosti (81266) Scomberomorus stormsi (209520)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Western Sahara Scomberomorini indet. (159113)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska Oblast) Thunnus abchasicus (86750)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Kazakhstan Scomberomorus saevus (113118)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Auxides cernegurae (186472) Pinulothunnus cernegurae (187380)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Neocybium sp., Scomberomorus lingulatus, Auxides cernegurae, Scomberomorini indet. (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) Scomberomorus sp. (224900) Scomberomorus sp., Palaeocybium sp. (60444)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Neocybium sp., Scomberomorus saevus, Thunnus abchasicus (186469)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Czechia (Tschechien) Thynnus krambergeri (185664)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Azerbaijan Thunnus sp. (45737)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Mississippi) Scomberomorus sp., Acanthocybium sp. (133111)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Ukraine Thunnus secretus (185593)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Auxides sanctaemonicae (186008)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Thunnus sp. (48887)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Auxides sanctaemonicae (186006)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Saitama) Scomberomorus sp. (161441)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Lara) Acanthocybium sp. (145379)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Peru Thunnus sp. (167732)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Alciola sp. (85313)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Euthynnus sp., Thunnus sp., Acanthocybium sp., Thunnus thynnus (52183)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Aichi) Scomberomorus heterolepis (161449)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Belgium Acanthocybium solandri (208831)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Scomberomorus sp. (162017)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Scomberomorus sp. (126605) Scomberomorus sp., Acanthocybium sp. (187324) Thunnus sp. (57700)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Scomberomorus sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Aliciola starksi (45489)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru Thunnus sp. (96800)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Chile (Antwerpen) Thunnus sp. (154114)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Belgium (Antwerpen) Thynnus scaldisii (47465)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Chile (Coquimbo Region) Thunnus sp. (241743)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Euthynnus sp. (186585 219784)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Scomberomorus sp., Acanthocybium sp. (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Orcynus prximus, Thynnus angustus, Thynnus proximus (185692)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Neocybium sp. (210628)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Thynnus scaldisiensis (84794)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Thunnus sp., Auxis sp., Acanthocybium solandri, Thunnus thynnus (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Thunnus sp. (184957)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) Scomberomorus sp. (207303)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy (Bologna) Auxis sp. (186574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Thynnus thynnus (58420)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Thynnus thynnus (180348)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) Thunnus thynnys (182709)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norway Thunnus thynnus (221537)