WoRMS taxon details
Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948
219707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219707)
accepted
Species
Gasterochisma fallai (Serventy, 1948) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Serventy, D. L. (1948). Allothunnus fallai a new genus and species of tuna from New Zealand. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 131-135, Pls. 28-29. [details]
Description An occasionally schooling species which feeds mainly on krill (euphausids), and also on squids and small fishes. Juveniles...
Description An occasionally schooling species which feeds mainly on krill (euphausids), and also on squids and small fishes. Juveniles are found between 20 and 35°S at surface temperatures ranging from 19 to 24°C. Its flesh is paler than that of most true tunas and is very oily, but the cooked meat has fine eating qualities. Marketed mostly fresh. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219707 on 2026-06-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Serventy, D. L. (1948). Allothunnus fallai a new genus and species of tuna from New Zealand. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 131-135, Pls. 28-29. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description An occasionally schooling species which feeds mainly on krill (euphausids), and also on squids and small fishes. Juveniles are found between 20 and 35°S at surface temperatures ranging from 19 to 24°C. Its flesh is paler than that of most true tunas and is very oily, but the cooked meat has fine eating qualities. Marketed mostly fresh. [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Allothunnus fallai)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gasterochisma fallai (Serventy, 1948))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Allothunnus fallai RAD111513-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Allothunnus fallai RAD111513-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Allothunnus fallai)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gasterochisma fallai (Serventy, 1948))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Allothunnus fallai RAD111513-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Allothunnus fallai RAD111513-002)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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