Grammatorcynus

Genus of fishes

Grammatorcynus
Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Subfamily: Scombrinae
Tribe: Scomberomorini
Genus: Grammatorcynus
Gill, 1862
Type species
Thynnus bilineatus
Species
  • Grammatorcynus bicarinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  • Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836)

Grammatorcynus is a genus of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae. This genus together with Acanthocybium and Scomberomorus are comprised by the tribe Scomberomorini, commonly known as the Spanish mackerels or seerfishes.[1]

Species

Grammatorcynus comprises two species:

See also

References

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True mackerels
(tribe Scombrini)
Scomber (4 species)
Rastrelliger (3 species)
Atlantic mackerel

Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

Greenback horse mackerel
Spanish mackerels
(tribe Scomberomorini)
Acanthocybium (1 species)
Grammatorcynus (2 species)
Scomberomorus (18 species)
Non-Scombrid
mackerels
Jack mackerels (15 species)
Snake mackerels (5 species)
Hexagrammidae (2 species)
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Taxon identifiers
Grammatorcynus


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