WoRMS taxon details
Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872)
AphiaID: 219720
AphiaID: 219720
| 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 |
Thunnus maccoyi (Castelnau, 1872) (misspelling) Thunnus phillipsi Jordan & Evermann, 1926 Thunnus thynnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) Thynnus maccoyii Castelnau, 1872 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [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] 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 |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Madagascar [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 120 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Confined to temperatures between 5° and 20°C for much of its life span. Spawning fish and larvae, however, are encountered in waters with surface temperatures between 20° and 30°C. An opportunistic feeder, preying on a wide variety of fishes, crustaceans, cephalopods, salps, and other marine animals. Canning is the most important form of local utilization of this highly esteemed fish (Ref. 9684). A specialized fishery for sashimi-quality has been developed recently by New Zealand fishermen. In Japan, it is highly prized for the sashimi markets. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219720 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872). 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=219720 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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