Bigeye tuna

Bigeye tuna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Thunnus
Subgenus: Thunnus
Species:
T. obesus
Binomial name
Thunnus obesus
(Lowe, 1839)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
  • Thynnus obesus Lowe, 1839
  • Germogus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
  • Neothunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
  • Parathunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
  • Thynnus sibi Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
  • Germo sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  • Orcynus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  • Parathunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  • Thunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  • Thunnus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915
  • Parathunnus mebachi (Kishinouye, 1915)

The bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) is a species of true tuna of the genus Thunnus, belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae. In Hawaiian, it is one of two species known as ʻahi, the other being the yellowfin tuna.[4] Bigeye tuna are found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, but not in the Mediterranean Sea.

  1. ^ Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Amorim, A.F.; et al. (2011). "Thunnus obesus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T21859A9329255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T21859A9329255.en.
  2. ^ "Thunnus obesus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thunnus obesus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  4. ^ [1] Archived March 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine