{{Short description|Subfamily of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox |image=Thunnus thynnus 2.jpg |image_caption=''Thunnus thynnus'', Atlantic bluefin tuna |display_parents=2 |taxon=Scombrinae |authority=Bonaparte, 1831 |subdivision_ranks=Tribes |subdivision= * Sardini – bonitos * Scomberomorini – Spanish mackerels * Scombrini – mackerels * Thunnini – tunas | type_species = ''Scomber scombrus'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 }} The '''Scombrinae''' are a subfamily of ray-finned bony fishes in the family Scombridae.<ref name=ITIS>{{ITIS|id=638248|taxon=Scombrinae|accessdate=1 November 2012}}</ref> Of the 51 species in the Scombridae, 50 are in Scombrinae – with the sole exception being the butterfly kingfish, which is placed in the monospecific subfamily Gasterochismatinae.<ref name=Orrell2006>{{cite journal |last=Orrell |first=T.M. |last2=Collette |first2=B.B |last3=Johnson |first3=G.D. |title=Molecular data support separate Scombroid and Xiphioid Clades |journal=Bulletin of Marine Science |year=2006 |volume=79 |issue=3 |pages=505–519 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/download?pub=infobike%3a%2f%2fumrsmas%2fbullmar%2f2006%2f00000079%2f00000003%2fart00007&mimetype=application%2fpdf |accessdate=28 October 2012 |format=PDF }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Classification == The Scombrinae, therefore, comprise 50 extant species in 14 genera, grouped into four tribes:
; Subfamily '''Scombrinae''' * Tribe Scombrini – mackerels ** Genus ''Rastrelliger'' ** Genus ''Scomber'' * Tribe Scomberomorini – Spanish mackerels ** Genus ''Acanthocybium'' ** Genus ''Grammatorcynus'' ** Genus ''Scomberomorus'' * Tribe Sardini – bonitos ** Genus ''Sarda'' ** Genus ''Cybiosarda'' ** Genus ''Gymnosarda'' ** Genus ''Orcynopsis'' * Tribe Thunnini – tunas ** Genus ''Allothunnus'' ** Genus ''Auxis'' ** Genus ''Euthynnus'' ** Genus ''Katsuwonus'' ** Genus ''Thunnus''
== See also == * Mackerel as food
==References== {{Reflist}}{{mackerel}} {{tuna}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q3475990}}
Category:Scombridae Category:Fish subfamilies Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte