WoRMS taxon details
Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831)
AphiaID: 159343
AphiaID: 159343
| 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 |
Orcynus balteatus (Cuvier, 1832) Parathunnus ambiguus Mowbray, 1935 Parathunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831) Parathunnus rosengarteni Fowler, 1934 Scomber coretta Cuvier, 1829 Thunnus balteatus (Cuvier, 1832) Thunnus coretta (Cuvier, 1829) Thynnus atlanticus Lesson, 1831 Thynnus balteatus Cuvier, 1832 Thynnus coretta (Cuvier, 1829) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: Fritzsche, 1978 [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (59 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 59 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Western Atlantic: off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts south to Trinidad Island and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159343 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831). 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=159343 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||
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