Yellowfin tuna

Yellowfin tuna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Thunnus
Subgenus: Neothunnus
Species:
T. albacares
Binomial name
Thunnus albacares
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, 1788
  • Germo albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
  • Neothunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
  • Scomber albacorus Lacepède, 1800
  • Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier, 1832
  • Germo argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Neothunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Thunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Scomber sloanei Cuvier, 1832
  • Thynnus albacora Lowe, 1839
  • Germo albacora (Lowe, 1839)
  • Neothunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839)
  • Orcynus albacora (Lowe, 1839)
  • Thunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839)
  • Thynnus macropterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
  • Germo macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  • Neothunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  • Orcynus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  • Thunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  • Orcynus subulatus Poey, 1875
  • Thunnus allisoni Mowbray, 1920
  • Germo allisoni (Mowbray, 1920)
  • Neothunnus allisoni (Mowbray, 1920)
  • Neothunnus itosibi Jordan & Evermann, 1926
  • Germo itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
  • Semathunnus itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
  • Thunnus itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
  • Neothunnus catalinae Jordan & Evermann, 1926
  • Thunnus catalinae (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
  • Kishinoella zacalles Jordan & Evermann, 1926
  • Thunnus zacalles (Jordan & Evermann, 1926)
  • Semathunnus guildi Fowler, 1933
  • Neothunnus brevipinna Bellón & Bàrdan de Bellón, 1949

The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi, from the Hawaiian ʻahi, a name also used there for the closely related bigeye tuna.[3] The species name, albacares ("white meat") can also lead to confusion: in English, the albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is a different species, while yellowfin is officially designated albacore in French and referred to as albacora by Portuguese fishermen.

  1. ^ Collette, B.B.; Boustany, A.; Fox, W.; Graves, J.; Juan Jorda, M.; Restrepo, V. (2021). "Thunnus albacares". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21857A46624561. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T21857A46624561.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thunnus albacares". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference hsbg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).