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Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777) 
AphiaID: 403214

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Scombrinae (Subfamily) > Thunnus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Rank Species
Parent Thunnus South, 1845
Sources  basis of record: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English long-fin tuna  [details]
German Langflossenthun  [details]
German weißer Thun  [details]
German weißer Thunfisch  [details]
Hebrew טונה אלבקור  [details]
Lithuanian ilgapelekis tunas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μακρύπτερος τόννος  [details]
Polish albakora  [details]
Polish tuńczyk biały  [details]
Polish tuńczyk długopłetwy  [details]
Russian длиннопёрый тунец  [details]
Slovenian dolgoplavuti tun  [details]
Spanish albacora  [details]
Spanish atún blanco  [details]
Spanish bonito del norte  [details]
Turkish beyaz orkinos  [details]
Ukrainian альбакор  [details]
Ukrainian тунець довгоперий  [details]
Welsh tiwna asgell-hir  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Host of  Caligus alalongae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Euryphorus hemipterus (Wilson C.B., 1921) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (47 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To FishBase
To PESI
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403214
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-06-15 12:24:27Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777). 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=403214 on 2013-06-19
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