True mackerels | |
---|---|
Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
Tribe: |
Scombrini Bonaparte, 1831 |
Genera | |
|
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.
This tribe consists of seven species in two genera: