WoRMS taxon details
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) AphiaID: 219708
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) >  Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Scombrinae (Subfamily) > Euthynnus (Genus) > Euthynnus affinis (Species)
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| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Euthynnus Lütken, 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Euthunnus affinis affinis (Cantor, 1849)Euthunnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915Euthunnus alleteratus affinis (Cantor, 1849)Euthunnus wallisi (Whitley, 1937)Euthunnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915 (misspelling)Euthynnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915Euthynnus alletteratus affinis (Cantor, 1849)Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915Euthynus affinis (Cantor, 1849) (misspelling)Evrythynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) (misspelling)Thynnus affinis Cantor, 1849Wanderer wallisi Whitley, 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2014). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa (1) [show all] | Subspecies Euthynnus affinis yaito Kishinouye, 1915 accepted as Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
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| Host of |
Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus acutus Kirtisinghe, 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus amblygenitalis Pillai, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus euthynnus Kurian, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus kuroshio Shiino, 1959 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus regalis Leigh-Sharpe, 1930 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus tylosuri (Rangnekar, 1956) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Unicolax collateralis Cressey & Cressey, 1980 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, 1965 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus krishnai M. M. Thomas, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Unicolax mycterobius (Vervoort, 1965) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus thynni Pillai, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (264 nucleotides; 46 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | 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] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219708 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2014). Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219708 on 2015-01-31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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