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Scombridae
frigate tuna
Auxis thazard
Long migrations through the Mediterranean and three oceans
- Tropical
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Fusiform
Largefrigate tuna is known from Atlantic,Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Auxis
- Maximum length
- 65 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Atlantic,Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific (Western Central). Eastern Pacific population recognized as subspecies Auxis thazard brachydorax (Ref. 32349 ). Many authors have used the name Auxis thazard as including Auxis rochei in the belief that there was only a single worldwide species of Auxis . Highly migratory species.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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