Scomberomorini, commonly called the Spanish mackerels or Seerfishes, is a tribe of ray-finned bony fishes in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family it shares with the mackerel, tuna and bonito tribes, plus the butterfly kingfish.
This tribe comprises 21 species in 3 genera:
- Acanthocybium
- A. solandri, Wahoo
- Grammatorcynus
- G. bicarinatus, Shark mackerel
- G. bilineatus, Double-lined mackerel
- Scomberomorus
- S. brasiliensis, Serra Spanish mackerel
- S. cavalla, King mackerel
- S. commerson, Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
- S. concolor, Monterrey Spanish mackerel
- S. guttatus, Indo-Pacific king mackerel
- S. koreanus, Korean seerfish
- S. lineolatus, Streaked seerfish
- S. maculatus, Atlantic Spanish mackerel
- S. multiradiatus, Papuan seerfish
- S. munroi, Australian spotted mackerel
- S. niphonius, Japanese Spanish mackerel
- S. plurilineatus, Kanadi kingfish
- S. queenslandicus, Queensland school mackerel
- S. regalis, Cero mackerel
- S. semifasciatus, Broadbarred king mackerel
- S. sierra, Pacific sierra
- S. sinensis, Chinese seerfish
- S. tritor, West African Spanish mackerel
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