#scombroid_fish__scombroidfish__scombroid 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
supertype: percoid_fish__percoidfish__percoid__percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
member of: suborder_Scombroidea
subtype: mackerel any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
subtype: common_mackerel__shiner__Scomber_scombrus important food fish of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
subtype: Scomber_colias__Spanish_mackerel medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
subtype: chub_mackerel__tinker__Scomber_japonicus small mackerel found nearly worldwide
subtype: Acanthocybium_solandri__wahoo large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
subtype: Spanish_mackerel any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
subtype: king_mackerel__cavalla__cero__Scomberomorus_cavalla large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast south to Brazil
subtype: Scomberomorus_maculatus large commercially important mackerel of American Atlantic coastal waters
subtype: cero__pintado__kingfish__Scomberomorus_regalis large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
subtype: Scomberomorus_sierra__sierra a Spanish mackerel of western North America
subtype: tuna__tunny any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
subtype: long-fin_tunny__albacore__Thunnus_alalunga large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
subtype: horse_mackerel__horsemackerel__bluefin__bluefin_tuna__bluefintuna__Thunnus_thynnus largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
subtype: yellowfin_tuna__yellowfintuna__yellowfin__Thunnus_albacares may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
subtype: bonito any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
subtype: skipjack__Atlantic_bonito__Sarda_sarda medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
subtype: Chile_bonito__Chilean_bonito__Sarda_chiliensis common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well
subtype: Pacific_bonito__Sarda_lineolata__sardalineolata probably a northern strain of Chile bonito
subtype: skipjack_tuna__skipjack__Euthynnus_pelamis oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
subtype: oceanic_bonito__oceanicbonito__bonito__Katsuwonus_pelamis fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
subtype: Xiphias_gladius__swordfish large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
subtype: sailfish large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long sail-like dorsal fin
subtype: Atlantic_sailfish__Istiophorus_albicans a kind of sailfish
subtype: billfish giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
subtype: marlin__spearfish large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
subtype: blue_marlin__Makaira_nigricans largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas
subtype: Makaira_mazara__black_marlin__blackmarlin Pacific marlin
subtype: black_marlin__blackmarlin__Makaira_marlina Pacific marlin
subtype: striped_marlin__stripedmarlin__Makaira_mitsukurii Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes
subtype: white_marlin__whitemarlin__Makaira_albida small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic
subtype: spearfish any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare
subtype: louvar__Luvarus_imperialis large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
subtype: squaretail sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters
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