Biology:Euthynnus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Euthynnus
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Euthynnus affinis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Tribe: Thunnini
Genus: Euthynnus
Lütken in Jordan and Gilbert, 1883
Type species
Thynnus thunina
Cuvier, 1829
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Thynnichthys Giglioli, 1880
  • Wanderer Whitley, 1937

Euthynnus is a genus of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, or mackerel family, and in the tribe Thunnini, more commonly known as the tunas.

Species

Species of the genus Euthynnus
Common name Scientific name Maximum
length
Common
length
Maximum
weight
Maximum
age
Trophic
level
Source IUCN status
Mackerel tuna,
kawakawa
Euthynnus affinis 
(Cantor, 1849)
100 cm
3.3 ft
60 cm
2.0 ft
13.6 kg
30 lb
6 years 4.50 [1][2] LC IUCN 3 1.svg Least concern[2]
Little tunny E. alletteratus
(Rafinesque, 1810)
122 cm
4.0 ft
80 cm
2.6 ft
16.5 kg
36 lb
10 years 4.13 [3] LC IUCN 3 1.svg Least concern[4]
Black skipjack tuna  E. lineatus
(Kishinouye, 1920)
84 cm
2.8 ft
60 cm
2.0 ft
11.8 kg
26 lb
3.83 [5][6] LC IUCN 3 1.svg Least concern[6]

See also

  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Euthynnus affinis" in FishBase. January 2012 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Collette, B.; Chang, S.-K.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M.; Miyabe, N.; Nelson, R.; Uozumi, Y. (2011). "Euthynnus affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170336A6753804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170336A6753804.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170336/6753804. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Euthynnus alletteratus" in FishBase. January 2012 version.
  4. Collette, B.; Amorim, A.F.; Boustany, A.; Carpenter, K.E.; de Oliveira Leite Jr.; N.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W. et al. (2011). "Euthynnus alletteratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170345A6759394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170345A6759394.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170345/6759394. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Euthynnus lineatus" in FishBase. January 2012 version.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Canales Ramirez, C.; Cardenas, G.; Carpenter, K.E.; Di Natale, A.; Guzman-Mora, A.; Montano Cruz, R. et al. (2011). "Euthynnus lineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170320A6747016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170320A6747016.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170320/6747016. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q250377 entry