Rastrelliger

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Pelagiaria
Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Scombridae
Subfamilia: Scombrinae
Genus: Rastrelliger
Species: R. brachysoma – R. faughni – R. kanagurta
Name

Rastrelliger Jordan and Starks in Jordan and Dickerson, 1908

Vernacular names
日本語: グルクマ属

Rastrelliger brachysoma

Rastrelliger is a mackerel genus in the family Scombridae. The three species of Rastrelliger together with the four species of Scomber comprise the tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels".
Species

The three species which comprise Rastrelliger are:[1]

Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851) (short mackerel)
Rastrelliger faughni, Matsui, 1967 (island mackerel)
Rastrelliger kanagurta, (Cuvier, 1816) (Indian mackerel)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Rastrelliger in FishBase. February 2018 version.