Fossils of this genus are found from the
Oligocene to the
Pleistocene (33.9 to 1.806 million years ago). They are known from various localities of Europe, Siberia, Japan, Iran, and the western United States. The following fossil species are known: • †
Scomber antiquus Heckel in Heckel &
Kner, 1861 - Miocene of Italy • †
Scomber calabrensis Landini & Bannikov, 1983 -
Pliocene of Italy • †
Scomber chitaensis Ohe, 1993 -
Middle Miocene of
Aichi, Japan • †
Scomber collettei Bannikov & Erebakan, 2022 - lowermost
Middle Miocene of the
Krasnodar Region. • †
Scomber cubanicus Daniltshenko, 1960 - Upper
Oligocene of
Krasnodar Territory (Russia), as well as
Azerbaijan • †
Scomber gnarus Bannikov, 1979 -
Early Miocene of
North Caucasus (Russia),
Azerbaijan and
Crimea (Ukraine) • †
Scomber priscus Gorjanovic-Kramberger, 1882 - Miocene of Serbia • †
Scomber nomurai Niino, 1951 - ?Miocene of
Gunma, Japan • †
Scomber saadii Arambourg, 1967 -
Late Eocene/
Early Oligocene of Iran • †
Scomber sanctaemonicae (
Jordan, 1919) - Late Miocene of
California, USA • †
Scomber susedanus Steindachner, 1860 - Miocene of
Croatia • †
Scomber voitestii Paucă, 1929 -
Middle Oligocene of the
Carpathian menilite slates, in
Romania, Ukraine and Hungary •
S. sp. "A" - Early Oligocene of Germany •
S. sp. - Middle-Upper
Miocene of the
Kurasi Formation on
Sakhalin. ==References==