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Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Scombridae
genus
Thunnus
species
Thunnus alalunga

Name

Homonyms
Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777)
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Common names
Alalonga in Italian
Alalonga in Maltese
Albacora in Spanish
Albacora in Portuguese
Albacora in Swedish
Albacore in Danish
Albacore tuna in English
Albakor in Norwegian
Albakore in Swedish
Alonga in Maltese
Atum in Portuguese
Atum voador in Portuguese
Atum-voador in Portuguese
Atún in Spanish
Atún blanco in Spanish
Atún de aleta larga in language.
Bijeli tunj in Serbian
Bonito del Norte in Spanish
Dugoperajni tunj in Serbian
Germon in Polish
Germon in French
Hvid tun in Danish
Longfin tunny in English
Silac in Serbian
Stjørje in Norwegian
Thun in German
Thunfisch in German
Ton alb in Romanian
Ton baligi in Turkish
Ton cu inotatoare lungi in Romanian
Ton pendgjate in Albanian
Tonfisk in Swedish
Tonijn in Dutch
Tonn sekond in Maltese
Tonno in Italian
Tonno bianco in Italian
Tun in Danish
Tuna in Serbian
Tunczyk bialy in Polish
Tunj in Serbian
Tunji in Serbian
Tünfiskur in Icelandic
Valkotonnikala in Finnish
Vit tonfisk in Swedish
Voador in Portuguese
Weißer thun in German
Witte tonjin in Dutch
Yazili orkinos in Turkish
albacore in language.
ìsinha in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Fowler 1943, Mann 1954, De Buen 1959a, Collette & Nauen 1983, IFOP 1984a, Pequeño 1989, 2004a, Acuña et al. 2002, Collette 2003, Randall & Cea 2011.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  4. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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