Scomberomorus munroi Collette & Russo, 1980
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scomberomorus munroi Collette & Russo, 1980
- Name authority
- Collette & Russo, 1980
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Scomberomorus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderScombriformes
- familyScombridae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyScombrinae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusScomberomorus Lacepède, 1801
- speciesScomberomorus munroi Collette & Russo, 1980
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scomberomorus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| serraScomberomorus brasiliensis Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978 | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scomberomorus lineolatus (Cuvier, 1829) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ceroScomberomorus regalis (Bloch, 1793) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scomberomorus sinensis (Lacepède, 1800) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scomberomorus tritor (Cuvier, 1832) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| cavallaScomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scomberomorus orientalis Lacepede | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| narrow-barred Spanish mackerelScomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf sierraScomberomorus concolor (Lockington, 1879) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indo-Pacific king mackerelScomberomorus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic Spanish mackerelScomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill, 1815) | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scomberomorus multiradiatus Munro, 1964 | ScombridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Collette, B. B., & Russo, J. L. (1980). Scomberomorus munroi, a new species of Spanish mackerel from Australia and New Guinea. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 31 (2): 241–250. https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9800241 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4VTXJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.