Biology:Frigate tuna

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Frigate tuna (Alagaduwa)
Auxis thazard and Selar crumenopthalmus by Shrumster.jpg
Auxis thazard (bottom)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Auxis
Species:
A. thazard
Binomial name
Auxis thazard
(Lacepède, 1800)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber thazard Lacepède, 1800
  • Scomber taso Cuvier, 1832
  • Auxis tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1854
  • Auxis hira Kishinouye, 1915

The frigate tuna, frigate mackerel or alagaduwa (Auxis thazard)[citation needed] is a species of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found around the world in tropical oceans. The eastern Pacific population is now regarded as a separate species by some authorities, Auxis brachydorax.[3]

Parasites

As most fishes, the frigate tuna harbours a number of parasites. Among these are a series of digeneans, which are parasititic within the intestine.[4]

References

  1. Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Amorim, A.F. et al. (2011). "Auxis thazard". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170344A6757270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170344A6757270.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170344/6757270. Retrieved 16 March 2022. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Auxis thazard" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. William Eschmeyer, ed (30 April 2018). "Species that contain: Auxis and brachydorax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmaintest.asp. Retrieved 7 May 2018. 
  4. Pantoja, Camila; Telles, Bruno; Paschoal, Fabiano; Luque, José Luis; Kudlai, Olena (2022). "Digenean trematodes infecting the frigate tuna Auxis thazard (Scombriformes, Scombridae) off the Rio de Janeiro coast, Brazil, including molecular data". Parasite 29: 44. doi:10.1051/parasite/2022044.  open access

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