Deep-Sea taxon details
Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831)
159343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159343)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Lesson, R. P. (1829-31). Poissons. <em>In: L. I. Duperrey. Voyage autour du monde, ..., sur la corvette de La Majesté La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825..., Zoologie. Zool.</em> v. 2 (pt 1): 66-238, Atlas: Pls. 1-38. [Here dated according to Cretella 2010 [ref. 34236]. Text p. 66-238 (13 Oct. 1931); Atlas: Pls. 2, 19 (4 Apr. 1829), 4, 12, 18 (28 Feb. 1829), 3, 38 (30 May 1829), 1, 22, 35 (4 July 1829), 36 (3 Apr. 1830), 23, 26 (7 Mar 1831), 25, 27, 33, 37 (29 May 1931), 5, 6, 13, 16 (15 June 1831), 20, 24, 28 (25 July 1831), 11, 14, 31, 34 (5 Sept. 1831), 7, 29, 30, 32 (13 Oct. 1831), 8, 15, 21 (15 Nov. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831).]. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts south to Trinidad Island and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts south to Trinidad Island and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831). 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=159343 on 2025-05-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159343 on 2025-05-25
original description
(of ) Lesson, R. P. (1829-31). Poissons. <em>In: L. I. Duperrey. Voyage autour du monde, ..., sur la corvette de La Majesté La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825..., Zoologie. Zool.</em> v. 2 (pt 1): 66-238, Atlas: Pls. 1-38. [Here dated according to Cretella 2010 [ref. 34236]. Text p. 66-238 (13 Oct. 1931); Atlas: Pls. 2, 19 (4 Apr. 1829), 4, 12, 18 (28 Feb. 1829), 3, 38 (30 May 1829), 1, 22, 35 (4 July 1829), 36 (3 Apr. 1830), 23, 26 (7 Mar 1831), 25, 27, 33, 37 (29 May 1931), 5, 6, 13, 16 (15 June 1831), 20, 24, 28 (25 July 1831), 11, 14, 31, 34 (5 Sept. 1831), 7, 29, 30, 32 (13 Oct. 1831), 8, 15, 21 (15 Nov. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831).]. [details]
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]
basis of record Fritzsche, 1978 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
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]
basis of record Fritzsche, 1978 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts south to Trinidad Island and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zwartvintonijn | [details] |
| English | blackfin tuna | [details] |
| French | thon à nageoires noires | [details] |
| German | Schwarzflossen-Thun | [details] |
| Spanish | atún aleta negra | [details] |
| Turkish | kara kanatli orkinos | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (222 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thunnus atlanticus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Thunnus atlanticus, Martinique, by Doray, M.)
To GenBank (166 nucleotides; 158 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thunnus atlanticus RAD114163-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thunnus atlanticus RAD114164-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thunnus atlanticus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Thunnus atlanticus, Martinique, by Doray, M.)
To GenBank (166 nucleotides; 158 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thunnus atlanticus RAD114163-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thunnus atlanticus RAD114164-001)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
