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Scomber

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Taxonomy

Scomber was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 718]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scombrinae by Starks (1910); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Scombrini by Klawe (1977), Collette et al. (2001), Monsch and Bannikov (2011); and to Scombridae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927), Pauca (1929), David (1943), Casier (1946), Danil'chenko (1960), Jerzmanska (1968), Danil'chenko (1980), Fierstine et al. (2012), Nazarkin and Bannikov (2014), Argyriou (2022).

Species

S. australasicus, S. caucasica, S. colias, S. cubanicus, S. gnarus, S. japonicus, S. oligocenicus, S. regalis, S. sanctaemonicae, S. scombrus, S. voitestii

Species lacking formal opinion data

S. calabrensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Scomber Linnaeus p. 297
1910	Scomber Starks p. 80
1925	Scomber Arambourg p. 101
1927	Scomber Arambourg p. 165
1929	Scomber Pauca p. 31
1943	Scomber David p. 29
1946	Scomber Casier p. 150
1960	Scomber Danil'chenko p. 158
1968	Scomber Jerzmanska p. 466
1977	Scomber Klawe p. 1
1980	Scomber Danil'chenko p. 160
2001	Scomber Collette et al. p. 2
2002	Scomber Sepkoski
2011	Scomber Monsch and Bannikov p. 273
2012	Scomber Fierstine et al. p. 145
2014	Scomber Nazarkin and Bannikov p. 159
2022	Scomber Argyriou p. 114

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Actinopterygii	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Actinopteri	()
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Acanthopterygii
—	Percomorphaceae
—	Pelagiaria
order	Scombriformes
family	Scombridae	(Rafinesque 1815)
genus	Scomber

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.

G. Scomber Linnaeus 1758

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Scomber australasicus Cuvier 1832

†Scomber caucasica Bogachev 1933

Scomber colias Gmelin 1789

†Scomber cubanicus Danil'chenko 1960

†Scomber gnarus Bannikov 1979

Scomber japonicus Houttuyn 1782

†Scomber oligocenicus Pauca 1929

Scomber regalis Bloch 1793

†Scomber sanctaemonicae Jordan 1919

Scomber scombrus Linnaeus 1758

†Scomber voitestii Pauca 1929

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011	Vomer and palatine toothed; lachyrmal larger than diameter of orbit; thirty-one vertebrae; hypurals 1–2 and 3–4 respectively fused together; caudal fin hypurostegic; 5–6 pairs of finlets.

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 Ypresian to the top of the Gelasian or 56.00000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (31 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Belgium	S. sp. (219001 219006)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Romania	S. voitestii, S. oligocenicus (50344)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	S. sp. (68021)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Czechia	S. sp. (125331)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France	S. sp. (219194)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Azerbaijan	S. sp. (116623)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Russian Federation (Adygeya)	S. cubanicus (47047)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Russian Federation	S. gnarus (186456)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Mexico (Baja California)	S. sp. (52183)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Japan (Aichi)	S. sp. (161449)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene	15.98 - 5.333	Russian Federation	S. sp. (185386)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Russian Federation (Goryachii)	S. caucasicus (211239)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Russian Federation (Chechnya)	S. caucasicus (186473)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	USA (California)	S. sanctaemonicae (185671 185672 185673) S. sp. (582 152598 167462 179733)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy	S. colias (185692)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria	S. colias (186582 186585 186631)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria (Oran)	S. colias (59256)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Italy	S. calabrensis (210256 210257)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Greece (Crete)	S. sp. (207303)
Piacenzian - Gelasian	3.6 - 1.8	Italy	S. calabrensis (57058)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	Italy (Bologna)	S. calabrensis (186574)