Biology:Neothunnus

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Short description: Subgenus of fishes

Neothunnus
Thunnus albacares.png
T. albacares yellowfin tuna
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Tribe: Thunnini
Genus: Thunnus
Subgenus: Neothunnus
Kishinouye, 1923
Species
  • T. albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
  • T. atlanticus (Lesson, 1831)
  • T. tonggol (Bleeker, 1851)

Thunnus (Neothunnus) is a subgenus of ray-finned bony fishes in the Thunnini, or tuna, tribe. More specifically, Neothunnus is a subgenus of the genus Thunnus, also known as the "true tunas". Neothunnus is sometimes referred to as the yellowfin group, and comprises three species:

subgenus Thunnus (Neothunnus)
Thunnus (Neothunnus), the Yellowfin group
 tribe Thunnini,
 tunas 

 A. fallai slender tuna

 Auxis, frigate tunas 

 A. thazard frigate tuna XRF-Auxis thazard.png

 A. rochei bullet tuna

 Euthynnus, little tunas 

 E. lineatus black skipjack tuna

 E. alleteratus little tunny XRF-Euthynnus alletteratus.png

 E. affinus mackerel tuna or kawakawa 

 K. pelamis skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis.png

 Thunnus, true tunas 

 T. atlanticus blackfin tuna Blackfin tuna, Duane Raver Jr.jpg

 T. albacares yellowfin tuna  Thunnus albacares.png

 T. tonggol longtail tuna

 T. obesus bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus.png

 T. maccoyii southern bluefin tuna

 T. thynnus Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus.png

 T. alalunga Albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga.png

 T. orientalis Pacific bluefin tuna 

subgenus Neothunnus
(yellowfin group)
subgenus Thunnus
(bluefin group)
Cladogram: The yellowfin group of tunas, subgenus Thunnus (Neothunnus), within the tribe Thunnini.[1][2]
Thunnus (Neothunnus) – the yellowfin group of tunas
Common name Scientific name Maximum
length
Common
length
Maximum
weight
Maximum
age
Trophic
level
Source IUCN status
Blackfin tuna T. atlanticus
(Lesson, 1831)
108 cm
(3.54 ft)
72 cm
(2.36 ft)
22.4 kg
(49 lb)
4.13 [3] LC IUCN 3 1.svg Least concern[4]
Longtail tuna T. tonggol
(Bleeker, 1851)
145 cm
(4.76 ft)
70 cm
(2.3 ft)
35.9 kg
(79 lb)
18 years 4.50 [5][6] DD IUCN 3 1.svg Data deficient[6]
Yellowfin tuna T. albacares
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
239 cm
(7.84 ft)
150 cm
(4.9 ft)
200 kg
(440 lb)
5–9 yrs 4.34 [7][8] NT IUCN 3 1.svg Near threatened[8]

References

  1. Graham, Jeffrey B.; Dickson, Kathryn A. (2004). "Tuna Comparative Physiology" (PDF). The Journal of Experimental Biology 207 (23): 4015–4024. doi:10.1242/jeb.01267. PMID 15498947. http://jeb.biologists.org/content/207/23/4015.full.pdf+html. Retrieved 20 September 2012. 
  2. Catanese, Gaetano; Manchado, Manuel; Infante, Carlos (15 February 2010). "Evolutionary relatedness of mackerels of the genus Scomber based on complete mitochondrial genomes: Strong support to the recognition of Atlantic Scomber colias and Pacific Scomber japonicus as distinct species". Gene 452 (1): 35–43. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2009.12.004. PMID 20035845. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Thunnus atlanticus" in FishBase. January 2012 version.
  4. Collette, B.; Amorim, A.F.; Boustany, A.; Carpenter, K.E.; Dooley, J.; de Oliveira Leite Jr.; N.; Fox, W. et al. (2011). "Thunnus atlanticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T155276A4764002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T155276A4764002.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155276/4764002. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Thunnus tonggol" in FishBase. January 2012 version.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Collette, B.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M.; Miyabe, N.; Nelson, R.; Sun, C.; Uozumi, Y. (2011). "Thunnus tonggol". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170351A6763691. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170351A6763691.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170351/6763691. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  7. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Thunnus albacares" in FishBase. January 2012 version.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Collette, B.B.; Boustany, A.; Fox, W.; Graves, J.; Juan Jorda, M.; Restrepo, V. (2021). "Thunnus albacares". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T21857A46624561. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T21857A46624561.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21857/46624561. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 

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