Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Thunnus albacares
atún de aleta amarilla, albacora, Yellowfin tuna
Silvery, often with often with iridescent bluish tints. Widely forked tail; pectoral fin extends to base of anal fin. Reaches maximum length slightly greater than 2m and weigths of at least 176kg Size: Reaches maximum lengths slightly greater than 2m and weights of at least 176kg
Habitat: Pelagic, schooling fishes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Scombriformes
Family
Scombridae
Genus
Thunnus
Species
albacares
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: 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), 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 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 albacora (Lowe, 1839), 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), Thynnus albacora Lowe, 1839, Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier, 1832, Thynnus macropterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Tropical and suptropical waters; in the eastern Pacific from California to nothern Chile, including all oceanic islands, Southern California to Peru and all the oceanic islands. Circumtropical.
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