WoRMS taxon details
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
AphiaID: 127028
AphiaID: 127028
| 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 |
Germo obesus (Lowe, 1839) Germo sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Neothunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) Orcynus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Parathunnus mebachi (Kishinouye, 1915) Parathunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) Parathunnus obesus mebachi (Kishinouye, 1915) Parathunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Thunnus abesus (Lowe, 1839) (misspelling) Thunnus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915 Thunnus obesus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915 Thunnus obesus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Thunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Thunus obesus (Lowe, 1839) (misspelling) Thynnus obesus Lowe, 1839 Thynnus sibi Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: 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): 78 [details] additional source: Lowe, R. T. 1839 (Oct.). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [Also in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. v. 4: 405-424; Trans. Zool. Soc. London 3: 1-20; Isis (Oken) 1844: 759-764.] page(s): 78 [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: 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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Thunnus obesus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915 accepted as Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) Subspecies Thunnus obesus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) accepted as Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] East Indian Ocean [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Western Indian Ocean [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus alalongae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Euryphorus indicus (Shiino, 1958) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (79 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (1316 nucleotides; 240 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Occurs in areas where water temperatures range from 13°-29°C, but the optimum is between 17° and 22°C. Variation in occurrence is closely related to seasonal and climatic changes in surface temperature and thermocline. Juveniles and small adults school at the surface in mono-species groups or mixed with other tunas, may be associated with floating objects. Feeds on a wide variety of fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans during the day and at night (Ref. 9340). Spawning occurs in waters between 10°N and 10°S throughout the year but occurs most often from April up to the end of September (Ref. 9340). Meat is highly prized and processed into sashimi in Japan. Marketed mainly canned or frozen (Ref. 9684), but also sold fresh (Ref. 9340). [details] Diet: Feed on a wide variety of fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans during the day and at night [details] Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Absent in the Mediterranean [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Habitat: Occur in areas where water temperatures range from 13°-29°C, but the optimum is between 17° and 22°C. Variation in occurrence is closely related to seasonal and climatic changes in surface temperature and thermocline. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Highly commercial, fishery and gamefish [details] Reproduction: Eggs and larvae are pelagic [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127028 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839). 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=127028 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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