Thunnus (subgenus)

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Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Higher classification True tunas		Phylum Chordata Family Scombridae Rank 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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Thunnus (subgenus) Wikipedia

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