138 of 267 species (52%) have genetic data.

Contents

TaxonRankSampled / totalSamplingMean λDR
ScombridaeFamily47 / 54 87%0.12
TrichiuridaeFamily15 / 44 34%0.12
ChiasmodontidaeFamily5 / 32 16%0.08
CentrolophidaeFamily16 / 31 52%0.10
Gempylidae*Family14 / 24 58%0.05
BramidaeFamily10 / 20 50%0.09
NomeidaeFamily9 / 16 56%0.07
StromateidaeFamily11 / 15 73%0.04
CaristiidaeFamily0 / 9 0%
AriommatidaeFamily3 / 8 38%0.06
ArripidaeFamily2 / 4 50%0.04
ScombropidaeFamily2 / 3 67%0.04
TetragonuridaeFamily2 / 3 67%0.04
AmarsipidaeFamily0 / 1 0%
IcosteidaeFamily1 / 1 100%0.04
PomatomidaeFamily1 / 1 100%0.04
ScombrolabracidaeFamily0 / 1 0%

Taxa marked with * were not recovered as monophyletic in our phylogenetic analysis.

Species

Largest genera

Sampled species out of the total in each genus:

  • Scomberomorus 15/18
  • Pseudoscopelus 0/16
  • Benthodesmus 2/11
  • Cubiceps 5/10
  • Trichiurus 3/9

Familiar species

Well-known and model species in Scombriformes. Species with genetic data are in bold.

  • Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic bluefin tuna)

All species

Species with genetic data are in bold.

Species list
  • Ariomma bondi
  • Ariomma indicum
  • Ariomma melanum
  • Arripis georgianus
  • Arripis trutta
  • Brama australis
  • Brama brama
  • Brama japonica
  • Pterycombus brama
  • Pterycombus petersii
  • Taractes asper
  • Taractes rubescens
  • Taractichthys longipinnis
  • Taractichthys steindachneri
  • Xenobrama microlepis
  • Centrolophus niger
  • Hyperoglyphe antarctica
  • Hyperoglyphe japonica
  • Hyperoglyphe perciformis
  • Icichthys australis
  • Icichthys lockingtoni
  • Psenopsis anomala
  • Psenopsis cyanea
  • Schedophilus maculatus
  • Schedophilus medusophagus
  • Schedophilus ovalis
  • Schedophilus velaini
  • Seriolella brama
  • Seriolella caerulea
  • Seriolella porosa
  • Seriolella punctata
  • Chiasmodon niger
  • Dysalotus alcocki
  • Kali indica
  • Kali kerberti
  • Kali macrura
  • Diplospinus multistriatus
  • Gempylus serpens
  • Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
  • Nealotus tripes
  • Neoepinnula americana
  • Neoepinnula orientalis
  • Nesiarchus nasutus
  • Paradiplospinus antarcticus
  • Promethichthys prometheus
  • Rexea antefurcata
  • Rexea prometheoides
  • Rexea solandri
  • Ruvettus pretiosus
  • Thyrsites atun
  • Icosteus aenigmaticus
  • Cubiceps baxteri
  • Cubiceps capensis
  • Cubiceps gracilis
  • Cubiceps pauciradiatus
  • Cubiceps whiteleggii
  • Psenes arafurensis
  • Psenes cyanophrys
  • Psenes maculatus
  • Psenes pellucidus
  • Pomatomus saltatrix
  • Acanthocybium solandri
  • Allothunnus fallai
  • Auxis rochei rochei
  • Auxis thazard thazard
  • Cybiosarda elegans
  • Euthynnus affinis
  • Euthynnus alletteratus
  • Euthynnus lineatus
  • Gasterochisma melampus
  • Grammatorcynus bicarinatus
  • Grammatorcynus bilineatus
  • Gymnosarda unicolor
  • Katsuwonus pelamis
  • Rastrelliger brachysoma
  • Rastrelliger faughni
  • Rastrelliger kanagurta
  • Sarda australis
  • Sarda chiliensis chiliensis
  • Sarda orientalis
  • Sarda sarda
  • Scomber australasicus
  • Scomber colias
  • Scomber japonicus
  • Scomber scombrus
  • Scomberomorus brasiliensis
  • Scomberomorus cavalla
  • Scomberomorus commerson
  • Scomberomorus concolor
  • Scomberomorus guttatus
  • Scomberomorus koreanus
  • Scomberomorus maculatus
  • Scomberomorus munroi
  • Scomberomorus niphonius
  • Scomberomorus plurilineatus
  • Scomberomorus queenslandicus
  • Scomberomorus regalis
  • Scomberomorus sierra
  • Scomberomorus sinensis
  • Scomberomorus tritor
  • Thunnus alalunga
  • Thunnus albacares
  • Thunnus atlanticus
  • Thunnus maccoyii
  • Thunnus obesus
  • Thunnus orientalis
  • Thunnus thynnus
  • Thunnus tonggol
  • Scombrops boops
  • Scombrops gilberti
  • Pampus argenteus
  • Pampus chinensis
  • Pampus echinogaster
  • Pampus minor
  • Pampus punctatissimus
  • Peprilus burti
  • Peprilus paru
  • Peprilus simillimus
  • Stromateus brasiliensis
  • Stromateus fiatola
  • Stromateus stellatus
  • Tetragonurus atlanticus
  • Tetragonurus cuvieri
  • Aphanopus arigato
  • Aphanopus carbo
  • Aphanopus intermedius
  • Assurger anzac
  • Benthodesmus elongatus
  • Benthodesmus simonyi
  • Evoxymetopon poeyi
  • Evoxymetopon taeniatus
  • Lepidopus altifrons
  • Lepidopus caudatus
  • Lepturacanthus roelandti
  • Lepturacanthus savala
  • Trichiurus brevis
  • Trichiurus lepturus
  • Trichiurus russelli
  • Amarsipus carlsbergi
  • Ariomma brevimanum
  • Ariomma dollfusi
  • Ariomma luridum
  • Ariomma parini
  • Ariomma regulus
  • Arripis truttacea
  • Arripis xylabion
  • Brama caribbea
  • Brama dussumieri
  • Brama myersi
  • Brama orcini
  • Brama pauciradiata
  • Eumegistus brevorti
  • Eumegistus illustris
  • Pteraclis aesticola
  • Pteraclis carolinus
  • Pteraclis velifera
  • Caristius fasciatus
  • Caristius japonicus
  • Caristius macropus
  • Neocaristius heemstrai
  • Paracaristius aquilus
  • Paracaristius maderensis
  • Paracaristius nemorosus
  • Paracaristius nudarcus
  • Platyberyx opalescens
  • Hyperoglyphe bythites
  • Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma
  • Hyperoglyphe pringlei
  • Psenopsis humerosa
  • Psenopsis intermedia
  • Psenopsis obscura
  • Psenopsis shojimai
  • Schedophilus griseolineatus
  • Schedophilus haedrichi
  • Schedophilus huttoni
  • Schedophilus pemarco
  • Seriolella tinro
  • Seriolella violacea
  • Tubbia stewarti
  • Tubbia tasmanica
  • Chiasmodon asper
  • Chiasmodon braueri
  • Chiasmodon harteli
  • Chiasmodon microcephalus
  • Chiasmodon pluriradiatus
  • Chiasmodon subniger
  • Dysalotus oligoscolus
  • Kali colubrina
  • Kali falx
  • Kali macrodon
  • Kali parri
  • Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
  • Pseudoscopelus aphos
  • Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
  • Pseudoscopelus australis
  • Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
  • Pseudoscopelus cephalus
  • Pseudoscopelus cordilluminatus
  • Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
  • Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
  • Pseudoscopelus odontoglossum
  • Pseudoscopelus parini
  • Pseudoscopelus paxtoni
  • Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
  • Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
  • Pseudoscopelus scriptus
  • Pseudoscopelus scutatus
  • Epinnula magistralis
  • Paradiplospinus gracilis
  • Rexea alisae
  • Rexea bengalensis
  • Rexea brevilineata
  • Rexea nakamurai
  • Rexichthys johnpaxtoni
  • Thyrsitoides marleyi
  • Thyrsitops lepidopoides
  • Tongaichthys robustus
  • Cubiceps caeruleus
  • Cubiceps kotlyari
  • Cubiceps macrolepis
  • Cubiceps nanus
  • Cubiceps paradoxus
  • Nomeus gronovii
  • Psenes sio
  • Auxis rochei eudorax
  • Auxis thazard brachydorax
  • Orcynopsis unicolor
  • Sarda chiliensis lineolata
  • Scomberomorus lineolatus
  • Scomberomorus multiradiatus
  • Scomberomorus semifasciatus
  • Scombrolabrax heterolepis
  • Scombrops oculatus
  • Peprilus medius
  • Peprilus ovatus
  • Peprilus snyderi
  • Peprilus triacanthus
  • Tetragonurus pacificus
  • Aphanopus beckeri
  • Aphanopus capricornis
  • Aphanopus microphthalmus
  • Aphanopus mikhailini
  • Benthodesmus macrophthalmus
  • Benthodesmus neglectus
  • Benthodesmus oligoradiatus
  • Benthodesmus pacificus
  • Benthodesmus papua
  • Benthodesmus suluensis
  • Benthodesmus tenuis
  • Benthodesmus tuckeri
  • Benthodesmus vityazi
  • Demissolinea novaeguineensis
  • Eupleurogrammus glossodon
  • Eupleurogrammus muticus
  • Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus
  • Lepidopus calcar
  • Lepidopus dubius
  • Lepidopus fitchi
  • Lepidopus manis
  • Lepturacanthus pantului
  • Tentoriceps cristatus
  • Trichiurus auriga
  • Trichiurus australis
  • Trichiurus gangeticus
  • Trichiurus margarites
  • Trichiurus nanhaiensis
  • Trichiurus nickolensis

Gene coverage

Share of the 138 sampled species with data for each gene
GeneSpecies with data% of sampled species
coi12389%
cytb8259%
16s7857%
4c44533%
nd24230%
rhodopsin4230%
12s3928%
plagl23425%
zic13425%
ptr3022%
tbr12921%
kiaa12392820%
sh3px32619%
panx22518%
ripk42417%
sidkey2317%
myh62216%
rag12014%
rag21712%
vcpip1410%
enc1139%
glyt129%
sreb2118%
ficd107%
hoxc6a107%
svep186%
nd475%

Enclosed taxa

17 families
Family
Amarsipidae
Ariommatidae
Arripidae
Bramidae
Caristiidae
Centrolophidae
Chiasmodontidae
Gempylidae
Icosteidae
Nomeidae
Pomatomidae
Scombridae
Scombrolabracidae
Scombropidae
Stromateidae
Tetragonuridae
Trichiuridae

Fossil calibrations

Download fossil calibration data (JSON)

Downloads

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Download Scombriformes data (JSON format)

Species list for Scombriformes (CSV format)

Phylogenies

There were 6663 species that caused Scombriformes to be inferred as paraphyletic.

Time-calibrated phylogeny of only species in Scombriformes

Time-calibrated phylogeny of "Scombriformes"

Phylogram of only species in Scombriformes

Phylogram of "Scombriformes"

Sequence data

Phylip sequences for Scombriformes

RAxML-style partitions file

Nexus file for Scombriformes (includes character partitions and phylogeny)