Auxis

Frigate and bullet tunas
Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
Bullet tuna, Auxis rochei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Tribe: Thunnini
Genus: Auxis
Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Scomber rochei
Risso, 1810
Species

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Auxis is a genus of ocean-dwelling ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, and tribe Thunnini, also known as the tunas. Auxis, commonly and collectively called the frigate tunas, is one of five genera of tunas which comprise the Thunnini tribe.