| Noun | 1. | suborder Scombroidea - mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes animal order - the order of animals order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna scombroid, scombroid fish - 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 family Scombridae, Scombridae - marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna family Kasuwonidae, Katsuwonidae - in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos family Xiphiidae, Xiphiidae - comprising the common swordfishes family Istiophoridae, Istiophoridae - sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins family Luvaridae, Luvaridae - louvars |