Subfamily Thunnidae Starks 1910 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 352713
Full reference: E. C. Starks. 1910. The Osteology and mutual relationships of the fishes belonging to the Family Scombridae. Journal of Morphology 21(1):77-99
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Stromateidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Pinulothunnus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore