See text Scombriformes, also known as Pelagia and Pelagiaria, is an order of ray-finned fish within the clade Percomorpha.

[1][2][3] It contains 287 extant species in 16 families, most of which were previously classified under the suborders Scombroidei and Stromateoidei of the order Perciformes.

[1][4] The earliest known scombriform is the scombrid Landanichthys from the Middle Paleocene of Angola.

[5] Scombriformes includes the following families:[6][2] The phylogenetic relationships within Scombriformes are shown in this cladogram from Near & Thacker (2024):[1] Arripis †Pinichthys Stromateidae Ariomma Nomeidae Icosteus aenigmaticus Centrolophidae †Carangopsis Pomatomus saltatrix Scombridae Amarsipus carlsbergi Tetragonurus †Bannikovichthys Chiasmodontidae Bramidae Caristiidae Scombrolabrax heterolepis †Argestichthys Lepidocybium flavobrunneum Gempylidae †Anenchelum Trichiuridae

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