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Deep-Sea taxon details

Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

127029  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127029)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico  
Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127029 on 2025-05-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127029 on 2025-05-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Fonteneau, A. (1997). Atlas of tropical tuna fisheries. World catches and environment. ORSTOM. 1-192. [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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Diet Feeds on capelin, saury, herring, mackerel, lanternfishes, barracudinas [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico [details]

Habitat Pelagic oceanic species found to depths of 100 m. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, aquaculture, gamefish [details]

Predators Man, mako sharks, pilot whales [details]

Reproduction Spawn in June, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers [details]
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LanguageName 
Albanian toni  [details]
Breton toun rhû  [details]
Catalan tonyina  [details]
Czech tuňák obecný  [details]
Danish tunfisktunblåfinnet tunfisk  [details]
Dutch tonijnblauwvintonijnAtlantische tonijnAtlantische blauwvintonijn  [details]
English tunanorthern bluefin tunahorse mackerelblue-fin tunnyblue-fin tunabluefin tunaAtlantic bluefin tuna  [details]
Finnish tonnikala  [details]
French thon rouge du nordthon rouge de l'Atlantiquethon rouge  [details]
Galician atún vermello  [details]
German Thunfischroter Thunfischroter ThunNordatlantischer Thungroßer ThunBlauflossenthunfischAtlantischer blauflossen Thun  [details]
Hebrew טונה כחולהטונה אלבקור  [details]
Icelandic túnfiskur  [details]
Italian tonno rossotonno  [details]
Lithuanian paprastasis tunas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ερυθρός τόννοςΕρυθρός ή Κυανόπτερος τόννος  [details]
Norwegian tunfiskmakrellstørje  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål makrellstørje  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk makrellstørje  [details]
Polish tuńczyk zwykłytuńczyk północnytuńczyk niebieskopłetwytuńczyk czerwonytuńczyk błękitnopłetwytunczykorkinos  [details]
Portuguese rabioatum-rabilhoatum  [details]
Romanian ton  [details]
Russian Тунец голубой антлантический [from synonym]tunets  [details]
Slovenian modroplavuti tun  [details]
Spanish atún rojoatún de aleta azul del Atlánticoatún comúnatún aleta azulatún  [details]
Swedish tonfiskröd tonfiskblåfenad tonfisk  [details]
Turkish ton balığıton baligimavi yüzgeçli orkinosmavi yuzgecli orkinos  [details]
Ukrainian тунець синiйТунець звичайний атлантичний Тунець звичайнийТунець блакитний атлантичний [from synonym]Тунець блакитнийТунецьзвичайний тунець  [details]
Welsh tiwna  [details]
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