The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Thunnus obesus (Pacific stock)

 – Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: ACTINOPTERYGII
Order: PERCIFORMES
Family: SCOMBRIDAE
Scientific Name: Thunnus obesus (Pacific stock)
Species Authority: (Lowe, 1839)
Common Name/s:
EnglishBIGEYE TUNA

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: EN A1bd    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Uozumi, Y.

Geographic Range

FAO Marine Fishing Areas: Native:

Pacific-Antarctic; Pacific-eastern central; Pacific-northeast; Pacific-northwest; Pacific-southeast; Pacific-southwest; Pacific-western central

Habitat and Ecology

System: Marine

Citation: Uozumi, Y. 1996. Thunnus obesus (Pacific stock). In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 September 2008.
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