Species details : Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831)

Accepted scientific name:
Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Thunnus atlanticus  (Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms:
Orcynus balteatus (Cuvier, 1832) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Orcynus balteatus (Cuvier, 1832)
Parathunnus ambiguus Mowbray, 1935 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Parathunnus ambiguus Mowbray, 1935
Parathunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Parathunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831)
Parathunnus rosengarteni Fowler, 1934 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Parathunnus rosengarteni Fowler, 1934
Scomber coretta Cuvier, 1829 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Scomber coretta Cuvier, 1829
Thunnus balteatus (Cuvier, 1832) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Thunnus balteatus (Cuvier, 1832)
Thunnus coretta (Cuvier, 1829) (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Thunnus coretta (Cuvier, 1829)
Thynnus atlanticus Lesson, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Thynnus atlanticus Lesson, 1831
Thynnus balteatus Cuvier, 1832 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Thynnus balteatus Cuvier, 1832
Thynnus coretta (Cuvier, 1829) (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Thynnus coretta (Cuvier, 1829)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Ton noir - Creole, French Martinique Click here to show the literature
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Sortfinnet tun - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Albacore - English Tobago Click here to show the literature
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Blackfin tuna - English - Click here to show the literature
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Blackfin tuna - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Deep-bodied tunny - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Bonite - French Haiti Click here to show the literature
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Bonite noire - French Martinique Click here to show the literature
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Giromon - French Guadeloupe Click here to show the literature
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Petit thon - French Martinique Click here to show the literature
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Thon à nageoires noires - French - Click here to show the literature
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Thon à nageoires noires - French Martinique Click here to show the literature
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Thon noir - French Guadeloupe Click here to show the literature
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Thon nuit - French - Click here to show the literature
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Schwarzflossen-Thun - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Thunfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Mini maguro - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Monte maguro - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Taiseiyo maguro - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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黑鰭金槍魚 Hei ci jin ciang yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑鳍金枪鱼 Hei qi jin qiang yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Albacora - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Albacora-preta - Portuguese Brazil(Santa Catarina) Click here to show the literature
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Albacorinha - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Albacorinha - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Atum - Portuguese Brazil(Northeastern Brazil) Click here to show the literature
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Atum-barbatana-negra - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Atum-negro - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Atum-preto - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Atlanticheskyj tunets - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Chernij tunets - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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тунец черноперый - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Albacora - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Albacora - Spanish Dominican Rp Click here to show the literature
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Atún - Spanish Colombia Click here to show the literature
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Atun aleta negra - Spanish Mexico Click here to show the literature
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Atun aleta negra - Spanish Nicaragua Click here to show the literature
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Atun aleta negra - Spanish Venezuela Click here to show the literature
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Atún Atlántico - Spanish Venezuela Click here to show the literature
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Atún des aletas negras - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Falsa albacora - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Karibisk tonfisk - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Svart tonfisk - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Scombridae FishBase
Genus Thunnus FishBase
Distribution: Western Atlantic: off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts south to Trinidad Island and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 168); including south of Brazil (Ref. 36453). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (Ref. 26139).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=144
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9f2176-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401