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Thunnus (Thunnus) is a paraphyletic 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".
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 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.
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.
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Thunnus is a genus of ocean-dwelling, ray-finned bony fish from the mackerel family, Scombridae.More specifically, Thunnus is one of five genera which make up the tribe Thunnini – a tribe that is collectively known as the tunas.
Southern bluefin tuna: found in southern hemisphere waters of all the world's oceans: T. orientalis: Pacific bluefin tuna: found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean and locally in the south: Formerly known as northern bluefin tuna. T. thynnus: Atlantic bluefin tuna: found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also in the ...
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 ...