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Taxon: Order Scombriformes (fish)
Classification by:

[Phylum] Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Craniata auct.
     Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
       Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
         Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
           Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
             Infraclass Actinopteri Cope, 1871 see Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
               Superdivision Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                 Superdivision Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001 see Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                   Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                     Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                       Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                         Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                           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 Amarsipidae Haedrich, 1969 - bagless glassfishes
                                         02 Family Ariommatidae Haedrich, 1967 - ariommas
                                         03 Family Arripidae Gill, 1893 - Australian salmons
                                         04 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
                                         05 Family †Carangodidae Blot, 1969
                                         06 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
                                         07 Family Centrolophidae Bonaparte, 1846 - medusafishes
                                         08 Family Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - swallowers
                                         09 Family †Euzaphlegidae Daniltshenko, 1960
                                         10 Family Gempylidae Gill, 1862 - snake mackerels
                                         11 Family Icosteidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 - ragfishes
                                         12 Family Nomeidae Günther, 1860 - driftfishes
                                         13 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
                                         14 Family †Propercarinidae Bannikov, 1995
                                         15 Family Scombridae Rafinesque, 1815 - mackerels, tunas and bonitos
                                         16 Family Scombrolabracidae Fowler, 1925 - longfin escolars
                                         17 Family Scombropidae Gill, 1862 - gnomefishes
                                         18 Family Stromateidae Rafinesque, 1810 - butterfishes
                                         19 Family Tetragonuridae Risso, 1827 - squaretails
                                         20 Family Trichiuridae Rafinesque, 1810 - cutlassfishes

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