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The Atlantic bluefin tuna is a close relative of one of the other two bluefin tuna species, the Pacific bluefin tuna. The southern bluefin tuna , on the other hand, is more closely related to other tuna species such as yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna , and the similarities between the southern and northern species are due to convergent evolution.
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
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The southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) is a tuna of the family Scombridae found in open southern Hemisphere waters of all the world's oceans mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S. At up to 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) and weighing up to 260 kilograms (570 lb), it is among the larger bony fishes.
The site features information, photos, blog posts and multimedia stories about the bluefin tuna. Pew Charitable Trusts, new data (1/2013) shows that the population of Pacific bluefin is a small fraction of what it used to be, and is in danger of all but disappearing, – actually the Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population is down over 96%
Thunnus tonggol is a species of tuna of tropical Indo-West Pacific waters.. It is commonly known as the longtail tuna [1] or northern bluefin tuna. [4] [5] The usage of the latter name, mainly in Australia to distinguish it from the southern bluefin tuna, leads to easy confusion with Thunnus thynnus of the Atlantic and Thunnus orientalis of the North Pacific.
A 608-pound bluefin tuna that was auctioned for 207 million Japanese yen (about about 1.3 million U.S. dollars). Sushi restaurant operator Onodera Group bought the fish at the first tuna auction ...
Bluefin tuna, multiple species of tuna; Bluefin damsel (Neoglyphidodon melas), damselfish; Bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) Bluefin gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu), fish in the sea robin family; Bluefin stoneroller (Campostoma pauciradii), fish in the family Cyprinidae; Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus), marine fish in the jack family