IRMNG name details
Unreviewed
Nomenclatural status invalid [details]
Subfamily Scombrinae [details]
Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Cuvier, 1817. Invalid name (jun. homonym, refer ICZN Index). (See Albacora Jordan 1888. (Nomen. Zool.). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Thynnus Fabricius 1775; on Official Index (Opinion 809). Albacora Jordan 1888 is an unneeded replacement. (Eschmeyer). [details]
Type species as cited Scomber thynnus Linnaeus 1758 [details]
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