Thunnus thynnus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES SCOMBRIDAE

Scientific Name: Thunnus thynnus
Species Authority: Linneaus, 1758
Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
See Thunnus thynnus (Eastern Atlantic stock)
See Thunnus thynnus (Western Atlantic stock)
Common Name/s:
English Northern Bluefin Tuna

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Safina, C.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Albania; Algeria; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belgium; Belize; Bermuda; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada (Newfoundland); Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cyprus; Denmark; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Egypt; France; French Guiana; Georgia; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guernsey; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Jersey; Latvia; Lebanon; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Lithuania; Malta; Martinique; Mauritania; Mexico; Monaco; Montenegro; Montserrat; Morocco; Namibia; Netherlands; Nicaragua; Norway; Panama; Poland; Portugal (Azores, Madeira); Puerto Rico; Romania; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Suriname; Sweden; Syrian Arab Republic; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands; Ukraine; United Kingdom (Great Britain, Northern Ireland); United States; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
Presence uncertain:
Estonia; Taiwan, Province of China
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Atlantic – eastern central;  Atlantic – western central;  Atlantic – northeast;  Atlantic – northwest;  Atlantic – southwest;  Mediterranean and Black Sea;  Pacific – eastern central;  Pacific – northwest

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Marine
Citation: Safina, C. 1996. Thunnus thynnus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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