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Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) 
AphiaID: 273823

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 schlegelii Steindachner, 1884
Thunnus saliens Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Thunnus schlegelii (Steindachner, 1884)
Thunnus thynnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Thynnus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Sources  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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English bluefin tuna  [details]
French thon bleu du Pacifique  [details]
German Nordpazifischer Blauflossen-Thunfisch  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (277 nucleotides; 153 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273823
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844). 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=273823 on 2013-05-20
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