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Scombroidea

Actinopteri - Scombriformes

Taxonomy
Scombroidea was named by Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1815).

It was assigned to Pharyngognathi by Hay (1902); to Percomorphi by David (1943) and Casier (1966); and to Scombroidei by Monsch and Bannikov (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Scombroidea Rafinesque-Schmaltz
1902Scombroidea Hay p. 402
1943Scombroidea David p. 27
1966Scombroidea Casier p. 262
2011Scombroidea Monsch and Bannikov p. 270

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
suborderScombroideiBleeker 1859
superfamilyScombroideaRafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
superfamilyScombroideaRafinesque-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.

Superfm. †Scombroidea Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
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Fm. †Cybiidae
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G. †Escharion Jordan 1925
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Escharion townleyi Jordan 1925
G. †Starrias Jordan 1925
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Starrias ischyrus Jordan 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available