Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Albacora alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling), Germo alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling), Germo alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788), Germo germo (Lacepède, 1801), Germo germon (Lacepède, 1800), Germo germon steadi Whitley, 1933, Orcynus alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling), Orcynus alatunga (Gmelin, 1789), Orcynus germo (Lacepède, 1801), Orcynus germon (Lacepède, 1800), Orcynus pacificus Cooper, 1863, Scomber alalunga Cetti, 1777, Scomber alalunga Bonnaterre, 1788, Scomber alatunga Gmelin, 1789, Scomber albicans Walbaum, 1792, Scomber germo Lacepède, 1801, Scomber germo Bennett, 1840, Scomber germon Lacepède, 1800, Thunnus alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling), Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777) (synonym), Thunnus germo (Lacepède, 1801), Thunnus pacificus (Cuvier, 1832), Thynnus alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling), Thynnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788), Thynnus pacificus Cuvier, 1832, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution: circumtropical and suntropical Pacific, seasonal in Galapagos during the cool periods

• Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
• McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
• Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.