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Scombridae
bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
Tuna of the Mediterranean Sea
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
LargeThe bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) is a species of true tuna of the genus Thunnus, belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae. Bigeye tuna are found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, but not in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Thunnus
- Maximum length
- 250 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Absent in the Mediterranean. Highly migratory species.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
