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Scombridae
(redirected from Thunnidae)

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Noun1.Scombridae - marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
family Scombridae
fish family - any of various families of fish
Scombroidea, suborder Scombroidea - mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
mackerel - any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
genus Scomber, Scomber - type genus of the Scombridae
Acanthocybium, genus Acanthocybium - wahoos
genus Scomberomorus, Scomberomorus - Spanish mackerels
genus Thunnus, Thunnus - tunas: warm-blooded fishes
genus Sarda, Sarda - bonitos
Euthynnus, genus Euthynnus - a genus of Scombridae
genus Katsuwonus, Katsuwonus - oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae
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Known predators of ragfish now include species of Thunnidae, feeding on smaller specimens, with sperm whales, Physeter catodon, and Steller sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus, consuming larger adults.
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