Definition of suborder scombroidea Suborder scombroidea
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| suborder scombroidea - mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes | ||
| Scombroidea, suborder Scombroidea | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna | ||
| scombroid, scombroid fish important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters | ||
| family scombridae, scombridae marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna | ||
| family kasuwonidae, katsuwonidae in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos | ||
| family xiphiidae, xiphiidae comprising the common swordfishes | ||
| family istiophoridae, istiophoridae sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins | ||
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