Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Scombridae > Thunnus > Thunnus maccoyii

Thunnus maccoyii (Tunny; Southern tunny; Southern bluefin tuna; Southern bluefin; SBT; Bluefin tuna; Bluefin)

Synonyms: Thunnus maccoyi; Thunnus phillipsi; Thunnus thynnus maccoyii; Thynnus maccoyii
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Wikipedia Abstract

The southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii, is a tuna of the family Scombridae found in open southern Hemisphere waters of all the world's oceans mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S. At up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) and weighing up to 260 kilograms (570 lb), it is among the larger bony fishes.
View Wikipedia Record: Thunnus maccoyii

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Thunnus maccoyii

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  315.263 lbs (143.00 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  8 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  8 years 6 months
Maximum Longevity [2]  20 years
Migration [3]  Oceanodromous

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♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 4Feeding ecology and niche segregation in oceanic top predators off eastern Australia, Jock W. Young, Matt J. Lansdell, Robert A. Campbell, Scott P. Cooper, Francis Juanes, Michaela A. Guest, Mar Biol (2010) 157:2347–2368
♦ 5CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0