Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Thunnus phillipsi Jordan & Evermann, 1926 (synonym)

Thunnus thynnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) (synonym)

Thunnus thynnus orientalis (non Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (misapplied name)

Thynnus maccoyii Castelnau, 1872 (synonym)

Common names:

Aleta azul del Sur Spanish

Atum-do-sul Portuguese

Atún German, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish

Atún del Sur Spanish

Atún rojo del Sur Spanish

Bachi maguro Japanese

Blauflossen-Thun German

Bluefin English

Bluefin tuna English

Indo (Goshu) maguro Japanese

Minami maguro Japanese

SBT English

Southern bluefin English

Southern bluefin tuna English

Southern tunny English

Sydlig tonfisk Swedish

Südlicher Blauflossen-Thunfisch German

Suidelike blouvin-tuna Afrikaans

Thon rouge du sud French

Thunfisch German

Tunczyk poludniowy Polish

Tunny English

Avstralijskaya tunets Russian

Sydlig tun Danish

蓝鳍金枪鱼 Mandarin Chinese

藍鰭金槍魚 Mandarin Chinese

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Perciformes

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Family Scombridae

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Genus Thunnus

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Distribution:

Amsterdam Island; Antarctic; Argentina; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Antarctic; Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: temperate and cold seas, mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S. During spawning, large fish migrate to tropical seas, off the west coast of Australia, up to 10°S. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Conven; Atlantic, Southeast; Atlantic, Southwest; Australia; Brazil; Crozet Islands; East Brazil Shelf; East Central Australian Shelf; French Southern Tr.; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Antarctic; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Indonesia; Kerguelen Islands; Kermadec Islands; Madagascar; New Zealand; New Zealand Shelf; North Australian Shelf; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Southeast; Pacific, Southwest; Patagonian Shelf; Prince Edward Island; Saint Paul Islands; South Africa; South Brazil Shelf; Southwest Australian Shelf; Tasman Sea; Tristan da Cunha Islands; Uruguay; West Central Australian Shelf

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Collette, Bruce B., Data last modified by FishBase 25-Mar-1994

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:dc4bf968-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008


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