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Non-monophyletic taxon: Family Scombridae Rafinesque, 1815 - mackerels, tunas and bonitos (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Rafinesque, 1815)
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 19 ("Ordine. Gli Scomberini."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 84 ("Scomberia"). [subfamily].
Subsequent rank: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 126 ("Rafinesque 1815").

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Scombrinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 433. [inferred]
Type: Scomber (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 433; 1 May 2012. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: makrelen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: mackerels, tunas and bonitos Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2491; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: mackerels and tunas Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 416.
: mackerels and tunas Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 687.
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