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Orcynus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 319846

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Scombrinae (Subfamily) > Orcynus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Orcynus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Thunnus South, 1845
Sources  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Host of  Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (130 publications)
To FishBase
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:319846
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Orcynus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=319846 on 2013-05-23
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