Spanish mackerel

Spanish mackerels
Cero mackerel, Scomberomorus regalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Scombroidei
Family: Scombridae
Subfamily: Scombrinae
Tribe: Scomberomorini
Starks, 1910
Genera

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.[1]

This tribe comprises 21 species in three genera:

References

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