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Scombriformes, also known as Pelagia or Pelagiaria, is an order of ray-finned fish within the clade Percomorpha. It contains 287 extant species in 16 families, most of which were previously classified under the suborders Scombroidei and Stromateoidei of the order Perciformes.

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  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassTeleostei
  3. OrderScombriformes
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

鲭形目(学名:Scombriformes)是硬骨鱼辐鳍鱼纲的一个目,包含了17个科,包括传统上被归类于广义鲈形目的鲭亚目(Scombroidei)和鲳亚目(Stromateoidei)之中的9个科, 纳尔逊在2016年承认了这一目 ,2017年发表的《硬骨鱼支序分类法》依照分子遗传学研究结果将本目进一步扩充至17科,独自组成远洋鱼系(Pelagiaria)这一个演化支,成为鲈形亚类的九个系之一。

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Scombriformes, also known as Pelagia or Pelagiaria, is an order of ray-finned fish within the clade Percomorpha. It contains 287 extant species in 16 families, most of which were previously classified under the suborders Scombroidei and Stromateoidei of the order Perciformes.

The earliest known scombriform is the scombrid Landanichthys from the Middle Paleocene of Angola.

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