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Scombriformes
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<p>Scombriformes, also known as Pelagia and Pelagiaria, is an <a href="/facts/Order_(biology)/GKLJvIpt">order</a> of <a href="/facts/Ray-finned_fish/3PNaXXmJ">ray-finned fish</a> within the clade <a href="/facts/Percomorpha/xDsdRavh">Percomorpha</a>. It contains 287 <a href="/facts/Extant_taxon/YK8uj7qU">extant</a> species in 16 <a href="/facts/Family_(Biology)/qTrn6E8E">families</a>, most of which were previously classified under the <a href="/facts/Suborder/GKLJvIpt">suborders</a> <a href="/facts/Scombroidei/CFbkzQ4o">Scombroidei</a> and <a href="/facts/Stromateoidei/F3kWEnqm">Stromateoidei</a> of the order <a href="/facts/Perciformes/DJeXbX7W">Perciformes</a>. </p><p>The earliest known scombriform is the <a href="/facts/Scombrid/tQ4LAW6a">scombrid</a> <i><a href="/facts/Landanichthys/g7qzXv00">Landanichthys</a></i> from the <a href="/facts/Selandian/x7VrVfgh">Middle Paleocene</a> of <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a>. </p>