Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
---|---|---|---|
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) |
Albacore | Cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans including the Mediterranean Sea but not at the surface between 10°N and 10°S. Western Pacific | 140 |
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) |
Yellowfin tuna | Worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas, but absent from the Mediterranean Sea | 239 |
Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831) |
Blackfin tuna | Western Atlantic | 107.95 |
Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) |
Southern bluefin tuna | Atlantic, Indian and Pacific | 245 |
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) |
Bigeye tuna | Atlantic, Indian and Pacific | 250 |
Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) |
Pacific bluefin tuna | North Pacific | 300 |
Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Atlantic bluefin tuna | Western Atlantic | 458 |
Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker, 1851) |
Longtail tuna | Indo-West Pacific | 144.983 |