PeRMS taxon details
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
127026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127026)
accepted
Species
Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
Description Found in offshore waters (Ref. 9340). Abundant in surface and deeper waters of 9.5° to 25.2°C forming mixed schools with...
Distribution cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans
Description Found in offshore waters (Ref. 9340). Abundant in surface and deeper waters of 9.5° to 25.2°C forming mixed schools with skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna and bluefin tuna. May tolerate lowered temperatures up to 9.5°C for short periods (Ref. 9340). Known to concentrate along thermal discontinuities. Schools may be associated with floating objects, including sargassum weeds. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids. Also caught by trolling (Ref. 9684). Highly appreciated and marketed fresh, smoked, deep frozen or canned. Eaten steamed, broiled, fried and microwaved (Ref. 9987). [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans
Distribution cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed through: Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025) Peruvian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127026 on 2026-04-01
Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2026). Peruvian Register of Marine Species. Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127026 on 2026-04-01
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(of ) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 139 [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 van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fonteneau, A. (1997). Atlas of tropical tuna fisheries. World catches and environment. <em>ORSTOM.</em> 1-192. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 139 [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 139 [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]
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]
page(s): 139 [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 van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fonteneau, A. (1997). Atlas of tropical tuna fisheries. World catches and environment. <em>ORSTOM.</em> 1-192. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 139 [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 139 [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]
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
Description Found in offshore waters (Ref. 9340). Abundant in surface and deeper waters of 9.5° to 25.2°C forming mixed schools with skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna and bluefin tuna. May tolerate lowered temperatures up to 9.5°C for short periods (Ref. 9340). Known to concentrate along thermal discontinuities. Schools may be associated with floating objects, including sargassum weeds. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids. Also caught by trolling (Ref. 9684). Highly appreciated and marketed fresh, smoked, deep frozen or canned. Eaten steamed, broiled, fried and microwaved (Ref. 9987). [details]Diet Feed on fishes, crustaceans and squids [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans [details]
Habitat An epi- and mesopelagic, oceanic species, abundant in surface waters of 15.6° to 19.4°C; deeper swimming, large albacore are found in waters of 13.5° to 25.2°C; temperatures as low as 9.5°C may be tolerated for short periods. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Basque | hegaluze | [details] |
| Breton | toun gwenjermon | [details] |
| Catalan | ulladatonyina d'ulls grossostonyina blancabacora | [details] |
| Dutch | witte tonijn | [details] |
| English | long-fin tunnylong-fin tunaAlbacore [from synonym]albacore | [details] |
| Finnish | valkotonnikala | [details] |
| French | thon blancgermon atlantiquegermon | [details] |
| Galician | bonito do norteatún branco | [details] |
| German | weiszer Thunweißer Thunfischweisser Thunfischweißer ThunLangflossenthun [from synonym] | [details] |
| Hebrew | טונה אלבקור [from synonym] | [details] |
| Italian | alalunga Brauner | [details] |
| Japanese | ビンナガ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | ilgapelekis tunas [from synonym] | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μακρύπτερος τόννος [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian | albakor | [details] |
| Polish | tuńczyk długopłetwy [from synonym]tuńczyk biały [from synonym]albakora [from synonym] | [details] |
| Portuguese | voador | [details] |
| Russian | тунец-альбакор [from synonym]длиннопёрый тунец [from synonym]Длинноперый тунец [from synonym] | [details] |
| Slovenian | dolgoplavuti tun [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | bonito del norteatún blancoalbacora | [details] |
| Swedish | långfenad tonfiskalbakore | [details] |
| Turkish | beyaz ton baligibeyaz orkinos [from synonym] | [details] |
| Ukrainian | тунець довгоперий [from synonym]альбакор [from synonym] | [details] |
| Welsh | tiwna asgell-hir [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (218 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (218 barcodes) (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications) (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thunnus alalunga)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thunnus alalunga) (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (218 barcodes) (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications) (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thunnus alalunga)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thunnus alalunga) (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777))
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
