Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127029

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Pisces > Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Scombridae > Scombrinae > Thunnus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Thunnus South, 1845
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 297 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 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: 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] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Fonteneau, A. 1997. Atlas of tropical tuna fisheries. World catches and environment. ORSTOM. Paris. 192 p. [details] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Albanian toni  [details] Breton toun rhû  [details] Catalan tonyina  [details] Czech tuňák obecný  [details] Danish blåfinnet tunfisk  [details] Danish tun  [details] Danish tunfisk  [details] Dutch Atlantische tonijn  [details] Dutch blauwvintonijn  [details] Dutch tonijn  [details] English Atlantic bluefin tuna  [details] English bluefin tuna  [details] English blue-fin tuna  [details] English blue-fin tunny  [details] English horse mackerel  [details] English northern bluefin tuna  [details] English tuna  [details] Finnish tonnikala  [details] French thon rouge  [details] French thon rouge du nord  [details] Galician atún vermello  [details] German Blauflossenthunfisch  [details] German großer Thun  [details] German Nordatlantischer Thun  [details] German roter Thun  [details] German roter Thunfisch  [details] German Thunfisch  [details] Hebrew טונה אלבקור  [details] Hebrew טונה כחולה  [details] Icelandic túnfiskur  [details] Italian tonno  [details] Italian tonno rosso  [details] Lithuanian paprastasis tunas  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Ερυθρός ή Κυανόπτερος τόννος  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Ερυθρός τόννος  [details] Norwegian makrellstørje  [details] Norwegian tunfisk  [details] Norwegian Bokmål makrellstørje  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk makrellstørje  [details] Polish orkinos  [details] Polish tunczyk  [details] Polish tuńczyk błękitnopłetwy  [details] Polish tuńczyk czerwony  [details] Polish tuńczyk niebieskopłetwy  [details] Polish tuńczyk północny  [details] Polish tuńczyk zwykły  [details] Portuguese atum  [details] Portuguese atum-rabilho  [details] Portuguese rabio  [details] Romanian ton  [details] Russian tunets  [details] Slovenian modroplavuti tun  [details] Spanish atún  [details] Spanish atún común  [details] Spanish atún de aleta azul del Atlántico  [details] Spanish atún rojo  [details] Swedish blåfenad tonfisk  [details] Swedish röd tonfisk  [details] Swedish tonfisk  [details] Turkish mavi yuzgecli orkinos  [details] Turkish mavi yüzgeçli orkinos  [details] Turkish ton baligi  [details] Turkish ton balığı  [details] Ukrainian звичайний тунець  [details] Ukrainian Тунець  [details] Ukrainian Тунець блакитний  [details] Ukrainian Тунець звичайний  [details] Ukrainian Тунець звичайний атлантичний  [details] Ukrainian тунець синiй  [details] Welsh tiwna  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Columbia [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Host of		Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pseudocycnus thunnus Brandes, 1955 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Cecrops latreillii Leach, 1816 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Euryphorus hemipterus (Wilson C.B., 1921) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (183 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (11110 nucleotides; 222 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Images		Poll (1947, fig. 184) added on 2008-08-13 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Smitt) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked Thunnus thynnus added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked Thunnus thynnus added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127029
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-01-15 17:27:08Z   changed   Bailly, Nicolas
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		Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127029 on 2013-06-18
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