Grammatorcynus
Grammatorcynus | |
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Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Subfamily: | Scombrinae |
Tribe: | Scomberomorini |
Genus: | Grammatorcynus Gill, 1862 |
Type species | |
Thynnus bilineatus Rüppell 1836
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Species | |
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]
Grammatorcynus comprises two species:
- Grammatorcynus bicarinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825), shark mackerel
- Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836), double-lined mackerel
See also[]
- List of prehistoric bony fish
- List of extant animal genera represented in the fossil record
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Categories:
- Grammatorcynus
- Scombridae
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by Theodore Gill
- Scombroidei stubs