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Thunnus (subgenus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Higher classification
  
True tunas

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Scombridae

Rank
  
Subgenus

Thunnus (subgenus)

Similar
  
Tuna, True tunas, Atlantic bluefin tu, Euthynnus, Katsuwonus

Thunnus (Thunnus) is a subgenus of ray-finned bony fishes in the Thunnini, or tuna, tribe. More specifically, Thunnus (Thunnus) is a subgenus of the genus Thunnus, also known as the "true tunas". Thunnus (Thunnus) is sometimes referred to as the bluefin group, and comprises five species:

subgenus Thunnus (Thunnus)
  • T. alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) – albacore
  • T. maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) – southern bluefin tuna
  • T. obesus (Lowe, 1839) – bigeye tuna
  • T. orientalis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844) – Pacific bluefin tuna
  • T. thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Atlantic bluefin tuna

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