# Scombrinae

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{{Short description|Subfamily of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Thunnus thynnus 2.jpg
|image_caption=''[Thunnus thynnus](/source/Thunnus_thynnus)'', Atlantic bluefin tuna
|display_parents=2
|taxon=Scombrinae
|authority=[Bonaparte](/source/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte), 1831
|subdivision_ranks=Tribes
|subdivision=
* [Sardini](/source/Sardini) – [bonito](/source/bonito)s
* [Scomberomorini](/source/Scomberomorini) – [Spanish mackerel](/source/Spanish_mackerel)s
* [Scombrini](/source/Scombrini) – [mackerel](/source/mackerel)s
* [Thunnini](/source/Thunnini) – [tuna](/source/tuna)s
| type_species = ''[Scomber scombrus](/source/Scomber_scombrus)''
| type_species_authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)
}}
The '''Scombrinae''' are a [subfamily](/source/subfamily) of [ray-finned](/source/ray-finned) [bony fish](/source/bony_fish)es in the family [Scombridae](/source/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](/source/butterfly_kingfish), which is placed in the [monospecific](/source/Monotypic_taxon) subfamily [Gasterochismatinae](/source/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 [tribe](/source/tribe_(biology))s:

; Subfamily '''Scombrinae'''
* Tribe [Scombrini](/source/Scombrini) – [mackerel](/source/mackerel)s
** Genus ''[Rastrelliger](/source/Rastrelliger)''
** Genus ''[Scomber](/source/Scomber)''
* Tribe [Scomberomorini](/source/Scomberomorini) – [Spanish mackerel](/source/Spanish_mackerel)s
** Genus ''[Acanthocybium](/source/Acanthocybium)''
** Genus ''[Grammatorcynus](/source/Grammatorcynus)''
** Genus ''[Scomberomorus](/source/Scomberomorus)''
* Tribe [Sardini](/source/Sardini) – [bonito](/source/bonito)s
** Genus ''[Sarda](/source/Sarda_(genus))''
** Genus ''[Cybiosarda](/source/Cybiosarda)''
** Genus ''[Gymnosarda](/source/Gymnosarda)''
** Genus ''[Orcynopsis](/source/Orcynopsis)''
* Tribe [Thunnini](/source/Thunnini) – [tuna](/source/tuna)s
** Genus ''[Allothunnus](/source/Allothunnus)''
** Genus ''[Auxis](/source/Auxis)''
** Genus ''[Euthynnus](/source/Euthynnus)''
** Genus ''[Katsuwonus](/source/Katsuwonus)''
** Genus ''[Thunnus](/source/Thunnus)''

== See also ==
* [Mackerel as food](/source/Mackerel_as_food)

==References==
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Category:Scombridae
Category:Fish subfamilies
Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte

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