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Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) 
AphiaID: 127026

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
  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
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: Fonteneau, A. 1997. Atlas of tropical tuna fisheries. World catches and environment. ORSTOM. Paris. 192 p. [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): 139 [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): 139 [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

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
 
Language   Name 
Basque hegaluze  [details]
Breton jermon  [details]
Breton toun gwen  [details]
Catalan bacora  [details]
Catalan tonyina blanca  [details]
Catalan tonyina d'ulls grossos  [details]
Catalan ullada  [details]
Dutch witte tonijn  [details]
English albacore  [details]
English long-fin tuna  [details]
English long-fin tunny  [details]
Finnish valkotonnikala  [details]
French germon  [details]
French thon blanc  [details]
Galician atún branco  [details]
Galician bonito do norte  [details]
German Langflossenthun (from synonym)  [details]
German weißer Thun (from synonym)  [details]
German weisser Thunfisch  [details]
German weißer Thunfisch (from synonym)  [details]
German weiszer Thun  [details]
Hebrew טונה אלבקור (from synonym)  [details]
Italian alalunga Brauner  [details]
Lithuanian ilgapelekis tunas (from synonym)  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μακρύπτερος τόννος (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian albakor  [details]
Polish albakora (from synonym)  [details]
Polish tuńczyk biały (from synonym)  [details]
Polish tuńczyk długopłetwy (from synonym)  [details]
Portuguese voador  [details]
Russian длиннопёрый тунец (from synonym)  [details]
Slovenian dolgoplavuti tun (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish albacora (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish atún blanco  [details]
Spanish bonito del norte (from synonym)  [details]
Swedish albakore  [details]
Swedish långfenad tonfisk  [details]
Turkish beyaz orkinos (from synonym)  [details]
Turkish beyaz ton baligi  [details]
Ukrainian альбакор (from synonym)  [details]
Ukrainian тунець довгоперий (from synonym)  [details]
Welsh tiwna asgell-hir (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
British Columbia [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Chagos [details]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
Comores [details]
Eritrea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [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  Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (47 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Found in offshore waters (Ref. 9340). Abundant in surface and deeper waters of 9.5° to 25.2°C forming mixed schools with skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna and bluefin tuna. May tolerate lowered temperatures up to 9.5°C for short periods (Ref. 9340). Known to concentrate along thermal discontinuities. Schools may be associated with floating objects, including sargassum weeds. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids. Also caught by trolling (Ref. 9684). Highly appreciated and marketed fresh, smoked, deep frozen or canned. Eaten steamed, broiled, fried and microwaved (Ref. 9987). [details]

Diet: Feed on fishes, crustaceans and squids [details]

Distribution: cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans  [details]

Habitat: An epi- and mesopelagic, oceanic species, abundant in surface waters of 15.6° to 19.4°C; deeper swimming, large albacore are found in waters of 13.5° to 25.2°C; temperatures as low as 9.5°C may be tolerated for short periods. [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]
Images 
Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus alalunga
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus alalunga
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus alalunga
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sean Smith ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127026
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thunnus alalunga (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=127026 on 2013-05-22
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