The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Thunnus maccoyii

 – Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: ACTINOPTERYGII
Order: PERCIFORMES
Family: SCOMBRIDAE
Scientific Name: Thunnus maccoyii
Species Authority: (Castelnau, 1872)
Common Name/s: SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA (Eng)

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: CR A1bd    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Punt, A.
Justification: Documentation about the rationale for listing, habitats, threats, etc. is not yet available.

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Argentina; Australia; Brazil; Canada (Prince Edward I.); French Southern Territories (Amsterdam-St. Paul Is., Crozet Is., Kerguelen); Indonesia; Madagascar; New Zealand (Kermadec Is.); Saint Helena (Tristan da Cunha); South Africa; Uruguay

FAO Marine Fishing Areas: Native:

Atlantic-southeast; Atlantic-southwest; Indian Ocean-eastern; Indian Ocean-western; Pacific-southwest

Habitat and Ecology

System: Marine

Citation: Punt, A. 1996. Thunnus maccoyii. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 July 2008.
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