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Thunnus (Neothunnus) is a subgenus of ray-finned bony fishes in the Thunnini, or tuna, tribe. More specifically, Neothunnus is a subgenus of the genus Thunnus, also known as the "true tunas". Neothunnus is sometimes referred to as the yellowfin group, and comprises three species: subgenus Thunnus (Neothunnus) T. albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788 ...
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.
1.0 dm (3.9 in) centimetre: cm cm US spelling: centimeter: 1.0 cm (0.39 in) cm in; millimetre: mm mm US spelling: millimeter: 1.0 mm (0.039 in) mm in; micrometre: μm (um, micrometre) μm US spelling: micrometer: 1.0 μm (3.9 × 10 −5 in) nanometre: nm nm US spelling: nanometer: 1.0 nm (3.9 × 10 −8 in) non-SI metric: ångström: Å ...
Mackerel tuna, kawakawa: Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) 100 cm 3.3 ft 60 cm 2.0 ft 13.6 kg 30 lb 6 years 4.50 [1] [2] Least concern [2] Little tunny: E. alletteratus
On December 30, 2012, a 222-kilogram (489 lb) bluefin tuna caught off northeastern Japan, was sold at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo for a record 155.4 million yen ($1.76 million) – a unit price of JP¥ 1.274 million/kg (US$3,600/lb).
Species lengths vary from the 20 cm (7.9 in) of the island mackerel to the 4.58 m (15.0 ft) recorded for the immense Atlantic bluefin tuna. Scombrids are generally predators of the open ocean, and are found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters. They are capable of considerable speed, due to a highly streamlined body and retractable fins.
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Its length is up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) [2] and it can weigh up to 12 kilograms (26 lb). [3] It occasionally forms schools and its main prey is krill but it is also known to prey on squid and smaller fishes, [2] such as jack mackerel. [5] It is a species of minor commercial importance, taken mainly as bycatch by fisheries for other tuna species. [1]