马鲅科为辐鳍鱼纲鲈形目的其中一个科。

本科鱼类分布于全球热带区域的沿岸及河口水域。

Threadfins are silvery grey perciform marine fish of the family Polynemidae. Found in tropical to subtropical waters throughout the world, the threadfin family contains nine genera and 33 species. An unrelated species sometimes known by the name threadfin, Alectis indicus, is properly the Indian threadfish (family Carangidae).