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Thunnus thynnus Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnusis commonly referred to as Atlantic bluefin tuna. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
4931 
AphiaID:
127029 
Scientific:
Thunnus thynnus 
German:
Blauflossen-Thunfisch, Roter Thunfisch 
English:
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna 
Category:
Tunas 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Thunnus (Genus) > thynnus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Suriname, Straße von Gibralta, Russland, Barbados, the Black Sea, Argentina, Azores, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada , China, Corea, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, European Coasts, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Israel, Jamaica, Lofoten Islands, Madeira, Morocco, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Northern Africa, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scandinavia, South-Africa, Spain, Taiwan, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 985 Meter 
Size:
78.74" - 180.31" (200cm - 458cm) 
Temperature:
37.4 °F - 86 °F (3°C - 30°C) 
Food:
Big fish, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Hydrozoa polyps, Lobster, Mantis shrimps, Mysis, Predatory, Rock lobster, Schrimps, Sea squirts, Sepia, Sponges, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Endangered (EN) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-01-01 16:59:55 

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Special thanks for the foto to Vjekoslav Ticina from Croatia, Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries!

IUCN Red List: Endangered A2bd ver 3.1

Distribution:
Western Atlantic: Labrador and Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea to Venezuela and Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Lofoten Islands off Norway to Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean and the southern part of the Black Sea.
Reported from Mauritania. There is a subpopulation off South Africa.
Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Biology:
Oceanic but seasonally coming close to shore. They school by size, sometimes together with albacore, yellowfin, bigeye, skipjack etc. Visual predators preying on small schooling fishes (anchovies, sauries, hakes) or on squids and red crabs. Live up to 40 years in the western Atlantic. Weight up to 900 kg.
Eggs and larvae are pelagic. Juvenile growth is rapid (about 30 cm / year) but slower than in other tuna and billfish species.
Adult growth is considerably slower, with about 10 years needed to reach two thirds of maximum length. Commercially cultured in Japan.
Utilized fresh for sashimi, also canned.
Become rare because of massive overfishing.

Synonymised taxa:
Albacora thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orcynus secondidorsalis (Storer, 1855) (misspelling)
Orcynus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scomber thynnus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Thunnus secundodorsalis (Storer, 1855)
Thunnus thynnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thunnus thynus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Thunnus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1832)
Thynnus linnei Malm, 1877
Thynnus mediterraneus Risso, 1827
Thynnus secundodorsalis Storer, 1855
Thynnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thynnus vulgaris Cuvier, 1832

Scientific paper

  1. Molecular and morphological identification of Cardicola (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) eggs in hatchery-reared and migratory Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.), Forte-Gil, Débora; Holzer, Astrid S.; Pecková, Hana; Bartošová-Sojková, Pavla; Peñalver, José; Dolores, Emilio Ma.; Muñoz, Pilar , 2016
  2. Origin of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Bay of Biscay, Fraile, I.; Arrizabalaga, H.; Rooker, J. R. , 2015
  3. Trace elements in Thunnus thynnus from Mediterranean Sea and benefit–risk assessment for consumers, Di Bella, Giuseppa; Potortì, Angela Giorgia; Lo Turco, Vincenzo; Bua, Daniel; Licata, Patrizia; Cicero, Nicola; Dugo, Giacomo , 2015
  4. On the Variability of the Length–Weight Relationship for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.), Cort, José L.; Estruch, Vicente D.; Neves Dos Santos, Miguel; Di Natale, Antonio; Abid, Noureddine; de la Serna, José M. , 2015
  5. Growth of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean based on back-calculation of dorsal fin spine annuli, Landa, Jorge; Rodriguez-Marin, Enrique; Luque, Patricia L.; Ruiz, Marta; Quelle, Pablo , 2015
  6. Aggregations of wild Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.) at Mediterranean offshore fish farm sites: Environmental and management considerations, Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Borg, Joseph A.; Šegvić-Bubić, Tanja; Tomassetti, Paolo; Özgül, Aytaç; Sanchez-Jerez, Pablo , 2015
  7. Otolith shape variation provides a marker of stock origin for north Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), Brophy, Deirdre; Haynes, Paula; Arrizabalaga, Haritz; Fraile, Igaratza; Fromentin, Jean Marc; Garibaldi, Fulvio; Katavic, Ivan; Tinti, Fausto; Karakulak, F. Saadet; Mac�as, David; Busawon, Dheeraj; Hanke, Alex; Kimoto, Ai; Sakai, Osamu; Deguara, Simeon; Abid, Nouredinne; Santos, Miguel Neves , 2015
  8. Geographic variation of body morphology of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, ( Thunnus thynnus , Linnaeus, 1758), Addis, P.; Secci, M.; Pischedda, M.; Laconcha, U.; Arrizabalaga, H. , 2014
  9. Liver melanomacrophage centres as indicators of Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus L. well-being, Passantino, L; Santamaria, N; Zupa, R; Pousis, C; Garofalo, R; Cianciotta, A; Jirillo, E; Acone, F; Corriero, A , 2014
  10. Determination of Temporal Spawning Patterns and Hatching Time in Response to Temperature of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Western Mediterranean, Gordoa, Ana; Carreras, Gustavo; Tinti, Fausto , 2014
  11. Oceanographic changes and exploitation drive the spatio-temporal dynamics of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), Fromentin, Jean-Marc; Reygondeau, Gabriel; Bonhommeau, Sylvain; Beaugrand, Gregory , 2014
  12. Environmental influences on Atlantic bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ) catch per unit effort in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Vanderlaan, Angelia S. M.; Hanke, Alex R.; Chassé, Joël; Neilson, John D. , 2014
  13. Validation of the Growth Equation Applicable to the Eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.), Using L max , Tag-Recapture, and First Dorsal Spine Analysis, Cort, José L.; Arregui, Igor; Estruch, Vicente D.; Deguara, Simeon , 2014
  14. Feeding habits of young bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Bay of Biscay inferred from stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses, Varela, José Luis; Rodríguez-Marín, Enrique; Ruiz, Marta; Medina, Antonio , 2014
  15. Organogenesis of digestive system, visual system and other structures in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larvae reared with copepods in mesocosm system, Yúfera, M.; Ortiz-Delgado, J.B.; Hoffman, T.; Siguero, I.; Urup, B.; Sarasquete, C. , 2014
  16. Gene expression pattern of digestive and antioxidant enzymes during the larval development of reared Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABFT), Thunnus thynnus L., Mazurais, David; Covès, Denis; Papandroulakis, Nikos; Ortega, Aurelio; Desbruyeres, Elisabeth; Huelvan, Christine; Le Gall, Marie Madeleine; De la Gandara, Fernando; Cahu, Chantal Louise , 2014
  17. Male germ cell proliferation and apoptosis during the reproductive cycle of captive-reared Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus), Zupa, Rosa; Santamaria, Nicoletta; Mylonas, Constantinos C; Deflorio, Michele; de la Gándara, Fernando; Vassallo-Agius, Robert; Pousis, Chrysovalentinos; Passantino, Letizia; Centoducati, Gerardo; Bello, Giambattista; Corriero, Aldo , 2014
  18. Near resonance acoustic scattering from organized schools of juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), Weber, Thomas C.; Lutcavage, Molly E.; Schroth-Miller, Madeline L. , 2013
  19. Cephalopods in the diet of young-of-the-year bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus L. 1758, Pisces: Scombridae) from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (central Mediterranean Sea) , Battaglia, P.; Pedà, C.; Sinopoli, M.; Romeo, T.; Andaloro, F. , 2013
  20. Biogenic amines profile in processed bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ) products, Mercogliano, Raffaelina; De Felice, Alessandra; Cortesi, Maria Luisa; Murru, Nicoletta; Marrone, Raffaele; Anastasio, Aniello , 2013
  21. Climate-induced environmental conditions influencing interannual variability of Mediterranean bluefin ( Thunnus thynnus ) larval growth, García, A.; Cortés, D.; Quintanilla, J.; Rámirez, T.; Quintanilla, L.; Rodríguez, J. M.; Alemany, F. , 2013
  22. Feeding habits of the Atlantic bluefin tuna,Thunnus thynnus(L. 1758), in the central Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Messina), Battaglia, Pietro; Andaloro, Franco; Consoli, Pierpaolo; Esposito, Valentina; Malara, Danilo; Musolino, Simona; Pedà, Cristina; Romeo, Teresa, 2013
  23. Increased liver apoptosis and tumor necrosis factor expression in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) reared in the northern Adriatic Sea, Corriero, Aldo; Zupa, Rosa; Pousis, Chrysovalentinos; Santamaria, Nicoletta; Bello, Giambattista; Jirillo, Emilio; Carrassi, Michele; De Giorgi, Carla; Passantino, Letizia , 2013
  24. Intra-pituitary relationship of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone during pubertal development in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), Berkovich, Nadia; Corriero, Aldo; Santamaria, Nicoletta; Mylonas, Constantinos C.; Vassallo-Aguis, Robert; de la Gándara, Fernando; Meiri-Ashkenazi, Iris; Zlatnikov, Vered; Gordin, Hillel; Bridges, Christopher R.; Rosenfeld, Hanna , 2013
  25. Determination of L max for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.), from Meta-Analysis of Published and Available Biometric Data, Cort, José L.; Deguara, Simeon; Galaz, Txema; Mèlich, Begonya; Artetxe, Iñaki; Arregi, Igor; Neilson, John; Andrushchenko, Irene; Hanke, Alex; Neves dos Santos, Miguel; Estruch, Vicente; Lutcavage, Molly; Knapp, Jessica; Compeán-Jiménez, Guillermo; Solana-Sansores, Rafael; Belmonte, Antonio; Martínez, David; Piccinetti, Corrado; Kimoto, Ai; Addis, Piero; Velasco, Marta; De la Serna, José M.; Godoy, Dolores; Ceyhan, Tevfik; Oray, Işik; Karakulak, Saadet; Nøttestad, Leif; López, Antonio; Ribalta, Oriol; Abid, Noureddine; Idrissi, M’Hamed , 2013
  26. Protein hydrolysates from Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) heads as influenced by the extent of enzymatic hydrolysis, Ali Bougatef, Rafik Balti, Anissa Haddar, Kemel Jellouli, Nabil Souissi, Moncef Nasri, 2012
  27. Expression of vitellogenin receptor gene in the ovary of wild and captive Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), C. Pousis; N. Santamaria; R. Zupa; C. De Giorgi; C.C. Mylonas; C.R. Bridges; F. de la Gándara; R. Vassallo-Agius; G. Bello; A. Corriero, 2012
  28. GnRHa-mediated stimulation of the reproductive endocrine axis in captive Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, H. Rosenfeld; C.C. Mylonas; C.R. Bridges; G. Heinisch; A. Corriero; R. Vassallo-Aguis; A. Medina; A. Belmonte; A. Garcia; F. De la Gándara; C. Fauvel; G. De Metrio; I. Meiri-Ashkenazi; H. Gordin; Y. Zohar, 2012
  29. Fatty acid and proximate composition of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) muscle with regard to plasma lipids, Natalija Topic Popovic; Lidija Kozacinski; Ivancica Strunjak-Perovic; Rozelindra Coz-Rakovac; Margita Jadan; Zeljka Cvrtila-Fleck; Josip Barisic, 2012
  30. A spatiotemporal study of bacterial community profiles associated with Atlantic bluefin tuna larvae, Thunnus thynnus L., in three Mediterranean hatcheries, François-Joël Gatesoupe; Denis Covès; Aurelio Ortega; Nikos Papandroulakis; Olav Vadstein; Fernando de la Gándara, 2012
  31. Microarray gene expression profiles from mature gonad tissues of Atlantic bluefin tuna,Thunnus thynnusin the Gulf of Mexico, Gardner, Luke D; Jayasundara, Nishad; Castilho, Pedro C; Block, Barbara , 2012
  32. Predicting the effects of climate change on bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) spawning habitat in the Gulf of Mexico, Muhling, B. A.; Lee, S.-K.; Lamkin, J. T.; Liu, Y. , 2011
  33. Do captive conditions favor shedding of parasites in the reared Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)?, I. Mladineo; T. Šegvić; M. Petrić, 2011
  34. A new xenoma-forming microsporidium infecting intestinal tract of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), Ivona Mladineo; Jan Lovy, 2011
  35. Prey-muscle carbon and nitrogen stable-isotope discrimination factors in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), José L. Varela; Alex Larrañaga; Antonio Medina, 2011
  36. Estimating mortality of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in an experimental recreational catch-and-release fishery, Michael J.W. Stokesbury; John D. Neilson; Edward Susko; Steven J. Cooke, 2011
  37. Morphology and lectin-binding sites of pyloric caeca epithelium in normal and GnRH-treated Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Linnaeus 1758, Sara Zizza; Salvatore Desantis, 2011
  38. Some trace elements in front and rear dorsal ordinary muscles of wild and farmed bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L. 1758) in the Turkish part of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Fatih Percın; Ozlem Sogut; Can Altınelataman; Mustafa Soylak, 2011
  39. Facts and uncertainties about the genetic population structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Mediterranean. Implications for fishery management, Jordi Viñas; Ana Gordoa; Raquel Fernández-Cebrián; Carles Pla; Ünal Vahdet; Rosa M. Araguas, 2011
  40. Comparative study of liver vitellogenin gene expression and oocyte yolk accumulation in wild and captive Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.), C. Pousis; C. De Giorgi; C.C. Mylonas; C.R. Bridges; R. Zupa; R. Vassallo-Agius; F. de la Gándara; C. Dileo; G. De Metrio; A. Corriero, 2011
  41. Expression of fatty acyl desaturase and elongase genes, and evolution of DHA:EPA ratio during development of unfed larvae of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.), Sofia Morais; Gabriel Mourente; Aurelio Ortega; Jamie A. Tocher; Douglas R. Tocher, 2011
  42. Diet of young Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in eastern and western Atlantic foraging grounds, John M. Logan; Enrique Rodríguez-Marín; Nicolas Goñi; Santiago Barreiro; Haritz Arrizabalaga; Walter Golet; Molly Lutcavage, 2011
  43. Erratum to: Diet of young Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in eastern and western Atlantic foraging grounds, John M. Logan; Enrique Rodríguez-Marín; Nicolas Goñi; Santiago Barreiro; Haritz Arrizabalaga; Walter Golet; Molly Lutcavage, 2011
  44. Seasonal and interannual variability of fat content of juvenile albacore (Thunnus alalunga) and bluefin (Thunnus thynnus) tunas during their feeding migration to the Bay of Biscay, Nicolas Goñi; Haritz Arrizabalaga, 2010
  45. Quantification of ovarian follicles in bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus by two stereological methods, L. Aragón; G. Aranda; A. Santos; A. Medina, 2010
  46. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnus Thynnus ) Farming and Fattening in the Mediterranean Sea, Mylonas, Constantinos C.; De La Gándara, Fernando; Corriero, Aldo; Ríos, Antonio Belmonte , 2010
  47. Characterization of two tropomyosin isoforms from the fast skeletal muscle of bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus orientalis, Yoshihiro Ochiai; Hideo Ozawa; Ming-Chih Huang; Shugo Watabe, 2010
  48. Natal origin of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from Canadian waters based on otolith δ 13 C and δ 18 O, Gillanders, Bronwyn; Schloesser, Ryan W.; Neilson, John D.; Secor, David H.; Rooker, Jay R. , 2010
  49. Comparison of stable isotope composition and inorganic and organic contaminant levels in wild and farmed bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, in the Mediterranean Sea, Salvatrice Vizzini; Cecilia Tramati; Antonio Mazzola, 2010
  50. Annual indices of Atlantic bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ) larvae in the Gulf of Mexico developed using delta-lognormal and multivariate models, Ingram Jr., G. Walter; Richards, William J.; Lamkin, John T.; Muhling, Barbara , 2010

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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