54 Species in Family Scombridae
Nominal species list for Scombridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) Wahoo
Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948 Slender tuna
Auxis brachydorax Collette & Aadland, 1996
Auxis eudorax Collette & Aadland, 1996
Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810) Bullet tuna
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800) Frigate tuna
Cybiosarda elegans (Whitley, 1935) Leaping bonito
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) Kawakawa
Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) Little tunny
Euthynnus lineatus Kishinouye, 1920 Black skipjack
Gasterochisma melampus Richardson, 1845 Butterfly kingfish
Grammatorcynus bicarinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Shark mackerel
Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836) Double-lined mackerel
Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1836) Dogtooth tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Skipjack tuna
Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Plain bonito
Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851) Short mackerel
Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967 Island mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816) Indian mackerel
Sarda australis (Macleay, 1881) Australian bonito
Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832) Eastern Pacific bonito
Sarda lineolata (Girard, 1858) Pacific bonito
Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Striped bonito
Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) Atlantic bonito
Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832 Blue mackerel
Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 Atlantic chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 Chub mackerel
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic mackerel
Scomberomorus brasiliensis Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978 Serra Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829) King mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus concolor (Lockington, 1879) Monterey Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Indo-Pacific king mackerel
Scomberomorus koreanus (Kishinouye, 1915) Korean seerfish
Scomberomorus lineolatus (Cuvier, 1829) Streaked seerfish
Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill, 1815) Atlantic Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus multiradiatus Munro, 1964 Papuan seerfish
Scomberomorus munroi Collette & Russo, 1980 Australian spotted mackerel
Scomberomorus niphonius (Cuvier, 1832) Japanese Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus plurilineatus Fourmanoir, 1966 Kanadi kingfish
Scomberomorus queenslandicus Munro, 1943 Queensland school mackerel
Scomberomorus regalis (Bloch, 1793) Cero
Scomberomorus semifasciatus (Macleay, 1883) Broad-barred king mackerel
Scomberomorus sierra Jordan & Starks, 1895 Pacific sierra
Scomberomorus sinensis (Lacepède, 1800) Chinese seerfish
Scomberomorus tritor (Cuvier, 1832) West African Spanish mackerel
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) Albacore
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Yellowfin tuna
Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831) Blackfin tuna
Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) Southern bluefin tuna
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) Bigeye tuna
Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Pacific bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker, 1851) Longtail tuna
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