WoRMS taxon details

Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

127029  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127029)

accepted
Species
Orcynus secondidorsalis (Storer, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thunnus thynus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Thunus secundodorsalis (Storer, 1853) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Thynnus secundodorsalis Storer, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thynnus secundo-dorsalis Storer, 1853 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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(of Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico  
Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127029 on 2024-11-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description (of Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Thynnus vulgaris Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 58, Pl. 210 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Fonteneau, A. (1997). Atlas of tropical tuna fisheries. World catches and environment. <em>ORSTOM.</em> 1-192. [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Diet Feeds on capelin, saury, herring, mackerel, lanternfishes, barracudinas [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico [details]

Habitat Pelagic oceanic species found to depths of 100 m. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, aquaculture, gamefish [details]

Predators Man, mako sharks, pilot whales [details]

Reproduction Spawn in June, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers [details]
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Albanian toni  [details]
Breton toun rhû  [details]
Catalan tonyina  [details]
Czech tuňák obecný  [details]
Danish tunfisktunblåfinnet tunfisk  [details]
Dutch tonijnblauwvintonijnAtlantische tonijnAtlantische blauwvintonijn  [details]
English tunanorthern bluefin tunahorse mackerelblue-fin tunnyblue-fin tunabluefin tunaAtlantic bluefin tuna  [details]
Finnish tonnikala  [details]
French thon rouge du nordthon rouge de l'Atlantiquethon rouge  [details]
Galician atún vermello  [details]
German Thunfischroter Thunfischroter ThunNordatlantischer Thungroßer ThunBlauflossenthunfischAtlantischer blauflossen Thun  [details]
Hebrew טונה כחולהטונה אלבקור  [details]
Icelandic túnfiskur  [details]
Italian tonno rossotonno  [details]
Lithuanian paprastasis tunas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ερυθρός τόννοςΕρυθρός ή Κυανόπτερος τόννος  [details]
Norwegian tunfiskmakrellstørje  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål makrellstørje  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk makrellstørje  [details]
Polish tuńczyk zwykłytuńczyk północnytuńczyk niebieskopłetwytuńczyk czerwonytuńczyk błękitnopłetwytunczykorkinos  [details]
Portuguese rabioatum-rabilhoatum  [details]
Romanian ton  [details]
Russian Тунец голубой антлантический [from synonym]tunets  [details]
Slovenian modroplavuti tun  [details]
Spanish atún rojoatún de aleta azul del Atlánticoatún comúnatún aleta azulatún  [details]
Swedish tonfiskröd tonfiskblåfenad tonfisk  [details]
Turkish ton balığıton baligimavi yüzgeçli orkinosmavi yuzgecli orkinos  [details]
Ukrainian тунець синiйТунець звичайний атлантичний Тунець звичайнийТунець блакитний атлантичний [from synonym]Тунець блакитнийТунецьзвичайний тунець  [details]
Welsh tiwna  [details]