Scombrini
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Scombrini, commonly called the true mackerels, is a tribe of ray-finned bony fishes in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family it shares with the Spanish mackerel, tuna and bonito tribes, plus the butterfly kingfish.
== Genera == This tribe consists of seven species in two genera: Scomber Linnaeus, 1758 Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832, Blue mackerel Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789, Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber japonicus, Houttuyn, 1782, Chub mackerel Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758, Atlantic mackerel Rastrelliger Jordan & Starks in Jordan & Dickerson, 1908 Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851), Short mackerel Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967, Island mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816), Indian mackerel
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