WoRMS

(of Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Descriptive notes

Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico

Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127029 on 2026-06-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Thynnus linnei Malm, 1877) Malm, A. W. (1877). Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, ryggradsdjuren. Göteborg Handelstidning Akteriolags Tryckeri Göteborg. 1-674, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=Y7ctAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]

original description (of Thynnus vulgaris Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 58, Pl. 210 [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]

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [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]

additional source Fonteneau, A. (1997). Atlas of tropical tuna fisheries. World catches and environment. ORSTOM. 1-192. [details]

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diet Feeds on capelin, saury, herring, mackerel, lanternfishes, barracudinas [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico [details]

Habitat Pelagic oceanic species found to depths of 100 m. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, aquaculture, gamefish [details]

Predators Man, mako sharks, pilot whales [details]

Reproduction Spawn in June, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	toni	[details]
Breton	toun rhû	[details]
Catalan	tonyina	[details]
Czech	tuňák obecný	[details]
Danish	tunfisktunblåfinnet tunfisk	[details]
Dutch	tonijnblauwvintonijnAtlantische tonijnAtlantische blauwvintonijn	[details]
English	tunanorthern bluefin tunahorse mackerelblue-fin tunnyblue-fin tunabluefin tunaAtlantic bluefin tuna	[details]
Finnish	tonnikala	[details]
French	thon rouge du nordthon rouge de l'Atlantiquethon rouge	[details]
Galician	atún vermello	[details]
German	Thunfischroter Thunfischroter ThunNordatlantischer Thungroßer ThunBlauflossenthunfischAtlantischer blauflossen Thun	[details]
Hebrew	טונה כחולהטונה אלבקור	[details]
Icelandic	túnfiskur	[details]
Italian	tonno rossotonno	[details]
Lithuanian	paprastasis tunas	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Ερυθρός τόννοςΕρυθρός ή Κυανόπτερος τόννος	[details]
Norwegian	tunfiskmakrellstørje	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	makrellstørje	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	makrellstørje	[details]
Polish	tuńczyk zwykłytuńczyk północnytuńczyk niebieskopłetwytuńczyk czerwonytuńczyk błękitnopłetwytunczykorkinos	[details]
Portuguese	rabioatum-rabilhoatum	[details]
Romanian	ton	[details]
Russian	Тунец голубой антлантический [from synonym]tunets	[details]
Slovenian	modroplavuti tun	[details]
Spanish	atún rojoatún de aleta azul del Atlánticoatún comúnatún aleta azulatún	[details]
Swedish	tonfiskröd tonfiskblåfenad tonfisk	[details]
Turkish	ton balığıton baligimavi yüzgeçli orkinosmavi yuzgecli orkinos	[details]
Ukrainian	тунець синiйТунець звичайний атлантичний Тунець звичайнийТунець блакитний атлантичний [from synonym]Тунець блакитнийТунецьзвичайний тунець	[details]
Welsh	tiwna	[details]