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Taxon: Order Scombriformes (fish)
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Infraphylum [Gnathostomata] Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates see Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874
   Megaclass Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
     Superclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
       Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
         Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
           Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
             Megacohort Osteoglossocephalai
               Supercohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                 Cohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                   Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                     Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973 see Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                       Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                         Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                           Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                             Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                               Series Pelagiaria [monotypic]
                                 Order Scombriformes - mackerels
                                   01 Family Ariommatidae Haedrich, 1967 - ariommas
                                   02 Family Arripidae Gill, 1893 - Australian salmons
                                   03 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
                                   04 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
                                   05 Family Centrolophidae Bonaparte, 1846 - medusafishes
                                   06 Family Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - swallowers
                                   07 Family Gempylidae Gill, 1862 [non-monophyletic] - snake mackerels
                                   08 Family Icosteidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 - ragfishes
                                   09 Family Nomeidae Günther, 1860 - driftfishes
                                   10 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
                                   11 Family Scombridae Rafinesque, 1815 [non-monophyletic] - mackerels, tunas and bonitos
                                   12 Family Scombrolabracidae Fowler, 1925 - longfin escolars
                                   13 Family Stromateidae Rafinesque, 1810 - butterfishes
                                   14 Family Trichiuridae Rafinesque, 1810 - cutlassfishes
                                   15 Family Amarsipidae Haedrich, 1969 - bagless glassfishes
                                   16 Family Scombropidae Gill, 1862 - gnomefishes
                                   17 Family Tetragonuridae Risso, 1827 - squaretails

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