WoRMS taxon details
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849)
219708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219708)
accepted
Species
Euthunnus affinis (misspelling)
Euthunnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915 (misspelling)
Euthynus affinis (Cantor, 1849) (misspelling)
Evrythynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Occurs in open waters with temperatures ranging from 18° to 29°C but always remains close to the shoreline. The young may...
Description Occurs in open waters with temperatures ranging from 18° to 29°C but always remains close to the shoreline. The young may enter bays and harbors. Form multispecies schools by size with other scombrid species comprising from 100 to over 5,000 individuals. A highly opportunistic predator feeding indiscriminately on small fishes, especially on clupeiods and atherinids; also on squids,crustaceans and zooplankton (Ref. 9684). Generally marketed canned and frozen; also utilized dried, salted, smoked (Ref. 9684) and fresh (Ref. 9987). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2018). FishBase. Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219708 on 2018-12-17
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context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at http://www.hk-fish.net/eng/database/index.htm [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Occurs in open waters with temperatures ranging from 18° to 29°C but always remains close to the shoreline. The young may enter bays and harbors. Form multispecies schools by size with other scombrid species comprising from 100 to over 5,000 individuals. A highly opportunistic predator feeding indiscriminately on small fishes, especially on clupeiods and atherinids; also on squids,crustaceans and zooplankton (Ref. 9684). Generally marketed canned and frozen; also utilized dried, salted, smoked (Ref. 9684) and fresh (Ref. 9987). [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Oost-dwergtonijn | [details] |
| English | kawakawa | [details] |
| French | thonine orientale | [details] |
| German | Orientalische Thoninefalscher Bonito | [details] |
| Japanese | スマ | [details] |
| Spanish | bacoreta oriental | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Euthunnus affinis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Euthynnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life (from synonym Euthunnus affinis)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Wanderer wallisi Whitley, 1937)
To FishBase (from synonym Euthynnus alletteratus affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Euthynnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus wallisi (Whitley, 1937))
To FishBase (from synonym Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus affinis affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus alleteratus affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Evrythynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Euthynus affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To GenBank (264 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Euthunnus affinis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Euthynnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life (from synonym Euthunnus affinis)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Wanderer wallisi Whitley, 1937)
To FishBase (from synonym Euthynnus alletteratus affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Euthynnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus wallisi (Whitley, 1937))
To FishBase (from synonym Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus affinis affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus alleteratus affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Evrythynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Euthynus affinis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Euthunnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915)
To GenBank (264 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS