Family Scombridae Rafinesque 1815 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 210682
Alternative spelling: Scomberoidei
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Stromateidae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Acanthocybiinae, Acanthocybium, Acanthonotos, Ardiodus, Caucombrus, Cybium, Eoscomber, Eoscombrus, Gasterochismatinae, Gasteronemus, Godsilia, Ocystias, Ozymandias, Pneumatophorus, Pseudauxides, Sarda, Sardinae, Scomber, Scombridarum, Scombrinae, Scombrosarda, Thunnoscomberoides, Tunita, Turio, Wetherellus, Xestias
Ecology: nektonic omnivore