Scombrinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of fishes}}

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|image_caption=Thunnus thynnus, Atlantic bluefin tuna

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|taxon=Scombrinae

|authority=Bonaparte, 1831

|subdivision_ranks=Tribes

|subdivision=

| type_species = Scomber scombrus

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

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The Scombrinae are a subfamily of ray-finned bony fishes in the family Scombridae.{{ITIS|id=638248|taxon=Scombrinae|accessdate=1 November 2012}} Of the 51 species in the Scombridae, 50 are in Scombrinae – with the sole exception being the butterfly kingfish, which is placed in the monospecific subfamily Gasterochismatinae.{{cite journal |last=Orrell |first=T.M. |last2=Collette |first2=B.B |last3=Johnson |first3=G.D. |title=Molecular data support separate Scombroid and Xiphioid Clades |journal=Bulletin of Marine Science |year=2006 |volume=79 |issue=3 |pages=505–519 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/download?pub=infobike%3a%2f%2fumrsmas%2fbullmar%2f2006%2f00000079%2f00000003%2fart00007&mimetype=application%2fpdf |accessdate=28 October 2012 |format=PDF }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Classification

The Scombrinae, therefore, comprise 50 extant species in 14 genera, grouped into four tribes:

; Subfamily Scombrinae

See also

References

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Category:Scombridae

Category:Fish subfamilies

Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte