Scombrini, commonly called the true mackerels, is a tribe of ray-finned bony fishes in the mackerel family, Scombridae â a family it shares with the Spanish mackerel, tuna and bonito tribes, plus the butterfly kingfish.
Genera
This tribe consists of seven species in two genera:
* Scomber <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
** Scomber australasicus <small>Cuvier, 1832</small>, Blue mackerel
** Scomber colias <small>Gmelin, 1789</small>, Atlantic chub mackerel
** Scomber japonicus, <small>Houttuyn, 1782</small>, Chub mackerel
** Scomber scombrus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>, Atlantic mackerel
* Rastrelliger <small>Jordan & Starks in Jordan & Dickerson, 1908</small>
** Rastrelliger brachysoma <small>(Bleeker, 1851)</small>, Short mackerel
** Rastrelliger faughni <small>Matsui, 1967</small>, Island mackerel
** Rastrelliger kanagurta <small>(Cuvier, 1816)</small>, Indian mackerel
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