WoRMS taxon details
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
AphiaID: 127027
AphiaID: 127027
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Scombrinae (Subfamily) > Thunnus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Thunnus South, 1845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Germo albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Germo albacora (Lowe, 1839) Germo allisoni (Mowbray, 1920) Germo argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) Germo itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) Germo macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Kishincella zacalles Jordan & Evermann, 1926 (misspelling) Kishinoella zacalles Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Neothunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Neothunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839) Neothunnus albacora brevipinna Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949 Neothunnus albacora longipinna Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949 Neothunnus albacora macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Neothunnus albacores (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling) Neothunnus allisoni (Mowbray, 1920) Neothunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) Neothunnus brevipinna Bellón & Bàrdan de Bellón, 1949 Neothunnus catalinae Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Neothunnus itosibi Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Neothunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Neothunnus macropterus itosibi Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Neothunnus macropterus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Orcynus albacora (Lowe, 1839) Orcynus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Orcynus subulatus Poey, 1875 Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, 1788 Scomber albacorus Lacepède, 1800 Scomber sloanei Cuvier, 1832 Semathunnus guildi Fowler, 1933 Semathunnus itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) Thunnus albacares macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Thunnus albacarres (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling) Thunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839) Thunnus albacores (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling) Thunnus allisoni Mowbray, 1920 Thunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) Thunnus catalinae (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) Thunnus itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) Thunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Thunnus zacalles (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) Thunus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling) Thynnus albacora Lowe, 1839 Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier, 1832 Thynnus macropterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: Bonnaterre, J.P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Paris. i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B + 1-100. page(s): 140 [details] additional source: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 140 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Thunnus albacares macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) accepted as Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Western Indian Ocean [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pennella crassicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, 1965 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (78 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (853 nucleotides; 279 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Schools in near-surface waters as well as below the thermoclime, with temperatures between 18° and 31°C, primarily by size, either in monospecific or multispecies groups. Larger fish frequently school with porpoises, also associated with floating debris and other objects. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids. It is sensitive to low concentrations of oxygen and therefore is often limited to depths of 100 m (Ref. 9340). Peak spawning occurs during the summer, in batches (Ref. 9684). Pole-and-line fishing is still one of the major surface fishing techniques while longlining fishing method is for deep swimming yellowfin tuna. Encirling nets are employed to catch schools near the surface (Ref. 9340). Marketed mainly frozen and canned (Ref. 9684), but also fresh (Ref. 9340) and smoked (Ref. 9987). [details] Diet: Feed on fishes, crustaceans and squids. It is sensitive to low concentrations of oxygen and therefore is not usually caught below 250 m in the tropics [details] Distribution: Worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas, but absent from the Mediterranean Sea [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Habitat: An oceanic species occurring above and below the thermoclines. They school primarily by size, either in monospecific or multispecies groups. Larger fish frequently school with porpoises, also associated with floating debris and other objects. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Highly commercial, fishery and gamefish [details] Reproduction: Peak spawning occurs during the summer, in batches [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127027 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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