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Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Germo obesus (Lowe, 1839)
Germo sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Neothunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
Orcynus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Parathunnus mebachi (Kishinouye, 1915)
Parathunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
Parathunnus obesus mebachi (Kishinouye, 1915)
Parathunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Thunnus abesus (Lowe, 1839)
Thunnus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915
Thunnus obesus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915
Thunnus obesus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Thunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Thunus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
Thynnus obesus Lowe, 1839
Thynnus sibi Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Homonyms
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
Common names
Albacora in Portuguese
Albacora-bandolim in Portuguese
Albacora-ôlho-grande in Portuguese
Atum patudo in Portuguese
Atum-patudo in Portuguese
Bigeye tuna in English
Bigeye tuna in English
Bigeye tunny in English
Grootoogtonijn in Dutch
Grossaugen-Thunfisch in German
Grossaugenthun in German
Großaugenthhun in German
Großaugenthun in German
Großaugenthunfisch in German
Isosilmätonnikala in Finnish
Opastun in Polish
Patudo in Spanish
Patudo in French
Patudo, Thon obèse in French
Patudo, atún de ojo grande in language.
Storje in Dutch
Thon aux grands yeux in French
Thon obèse in French
Thon obèse, Thon aux grands yeux, Thon ventru, Patudo in French
Thon ventru in French
Ton bondoc in Romanian
Ton obez in Romanian
Tonno obeso in Italian
Zutoperajni tunj in Serbian
atún de ojos grandes in Spanish
atún ojo grande in Spanish
big-eye tuna in English
big-eye tunny in English
bigeye orkinosu in Turkish
bigeye tuna in English
bigeye tuna in English
didžiaakis tunas in Lithuanian
grootoogtonijn in Dutch
opastun in Polish
patuda in Polish
patudo in Portuguese
patudo in Spanish
patudo in Spanish
storögd tonfisk in Swedish
thon obèse in French
thon obèse in French
tonno obeso in Italian
tuńczyk wielkooczny in Polish
tuńczyk wielkooki in Polish
velikooki tun in Slovenian

Bibliographic References

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  2. Collette & Nauen 1983, Kong & Bolados 1987, Pequeño 1989, Acuña et al. 2002, Collette 2003, Collette et al. 2006, Randall & Cea 2011.
  3. Collette, Bruce B., Carol Reeb, and Barbara A. Block / Barbara A. Block and E. Donald Stevens, eds., 2001: Systematics of the Tunas and Mackerels (Scombridae). Fish Physiology, vol. 19: Tuna: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution. 1-33.
  4. Collette, Bruce B., and Cornelia E. Nauen, 1983: Scombrids of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Tunas, Mackerels, Bonitos and Related Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 2. 137.
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  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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  10. Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92.
  11. 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.
  12. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  13. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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  16. Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37
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