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True mackerels
Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Subfamily:	Scombrinae
Tribe:	Scombrini Bonaparte, 1831
Genera
Scomber Linnaeus, 1758 Rastrelliger Jordan & Starks in Jordan & Dickerson, 1908

Scombrini, commonly called the true mackerels, is a tribe of ray-finned bony fishes in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family it shares with the Spanish mackerel, tuna and bonito tribes, plus the butterfly kingfish.

Genera

This tribe consists of seven species in two genera:

• Scomber Linnaeus, 1758
  • 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

• Rastrelliger Jordan & Starks in Jordan & Dickerson, 1908
  • Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851), Short mackerel
  • Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967, Island mackerel
  • Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816), Indian mackerel

See also

• Mackerel as food

References

1. "Scombrini". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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True mackerels (tribe Scombrini)	Scomber (4 species) Atlantic mackerel Atlantic chub mackerel Blue mackerel Chub mackerel Rastrelliger (3 species) Short mackerel Indian mackerel Island mackerel
Spanish mackerels (tribe Scomberomorini)	Acanthocybium (1 species) Wahoo Grammatorcynus (2 species) Double-lined mackerel Shark mackerel Scomberomorus (18 species) Atlantic Spanish mackerel Australian spotted mackerel Broadbarred king mackerel Cero mackerel Chinese mackerel Indo-Pacific king mackerel Japanese Spanish mackerel Kanadi kingfish King mackerel Korean mackerel Monterrey Spanish mackerel Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Pacific sierra Papuan seerfish Queensland school mackerel Serra Spanish mackerel Streaked Spanish mackerel West African Spanish mackerel
Non-Scombrid mackerels	Jack mackerels (15 species) Atlantic horse mackerel Blue jack mackerel Cape horse mackerel Chilean jack mackerel Cunene horse mackerel Greenback horse mackerel Japanese jack mackerel Mediterranean horse mackerel Pacific jack mackerel Yellowtail horse mackerel African scad Arabian scad Crozet scad Rough scad Snake mackerels (5 species) Black snake mackerel Blacksail snake mackerel Snake mackerel Violet snake mackerel White snake mackerel Hexagrammidae (2 species) Okhotsk atka mackerel Atka mackerel
Related	Mackerel as food Scombroid food poisoning
Family Scombridae Subfamily Scombrinae Other Scombrids Butterfly kingfish (butterfly mackerel) Tunas (tribe Thunnini) Bonitos (tribe Sardini)

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