Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Scombriformes - (Family) Scombridae

Original position

Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Scomber amia Linnaeus, 1758
Scomber cordyla Linnaeus, 1758
Scomber glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
Scomber pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758
Scomber pelamis Linnaeus, 1758
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758
Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758
Scomber trachurus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Scombrini (Tribe) Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 433.

Alternative positions

Scombridae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 373.
Scombrinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 937; ECoF(11 Jun 2025).
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 492.

Historical positions

Scombrini (Tribe) Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 433.
Scombridae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 373.
Scombrinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 937.
Scombridae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 687.
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 424, 492.
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 243, 297. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[4s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[8s]