Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Thunnus South, 1845

AphiaID

126065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126065)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scombrinae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Neothunnus Kishinouye, 1923 · unaccepted

Thynnus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted

Direct children (10)

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Species Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831)
Species Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872)
Species Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
Species Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Thunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) accepted as Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Thunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) accepted as Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Thunnus pelamys (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Thunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) accepted as Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

South, J. F. (1845). Thunnus. In: Encyclopedia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge. Edition for 1845. 25: 620-622., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=fr&id=L1M_AQAAMAAJ&q=thunnus#v=snippet&q=thunnus&f=false
page(s): 620-622 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Thunnus South, 1845. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126065 on 2025-06-05

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thunnus South, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126065 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description South, J. F. (1845). Thunnus. In: Encyclopedia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge. Edition for 1845. 25: 620-622., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=fr&id=L1M_AQAAMAAJ&q=thunnus#v=snippet&q=thunnus&f=false
page(s): 620-622 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [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]

additional source South, J.F. (1845). Encyclopedia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge. Edition for 1845. v. 25.
page(s): 620 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]