Butterfly Mackerel
Gasterochisma melampus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The butterfly kingfish is an ocean-dwelling ray-finned bony fish in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family which it shares with the tunas, mackerels, Spanish mackerels, and bonitos. It, however, represents a lineage distinct from all other scombrids and has therefore been placed in its own genus Gasterochisma and subfamily Gasterochismatinae.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Gasterochisma