Thunnus orientalis
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-31
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273823 on 2026-08-31
created: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
replaces: 319842
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
class: Teleostei
family: Scombridae
genus: Thunnus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1926). A review of the giant mackerel-like fishes, tunnies, spearfishes and swordfishes. Occasional Papers California Academy of Sciences. v. 12: 1-113, Pls. 1-20.
name published in: Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel H. (1844). Pisces. In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Parts 5-6: 73-112.
name published in year: 1926
name published in year: 1844
order: Scombriformes
parent name usage ID: 126065
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
specific epithet: orientalis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted