Scomberoidinae

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Scomberoidinae
Talang queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Scomberoidinae
Gill, 1890[1]

Scomberoidinae is a subfamily of ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae which consists of three genera and 10 species.[2] The species in this subfamily have been given the common names leatherjacket and queenfish.[3]

Genera[edit]

The following genera are classified within the Scomberoidinae:[2][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2019). "Scomberoidinae" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Carangidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 November 2019.