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Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
? alalonga Bonnaterre, 1788
Albacora alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Germo alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Germo alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Germo germo (Lacepède, 1801)
Germo germon (Lacepède, 1800)
Germo germon steadi Whitley, 1933
Orcynus alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Orcynus alatunga (Gmelin, 1789)
Orcynus germo (Lacepède, 1801)
Orcynus germon (Lacepède, 1800)
Orcynus pacificus Cooper, 1863
Scomber alalunga Bonnaterre, 1788
Scomber alalunga Cetti, 1777
Scomber alatunga Gmelin, 1789
Scomber albicans Walbaum, 1792
Scomber germo Bennett, 1840
Scomber germo Lacepède, 1801
Scomber germon Lacepède, 1800
Thunnus alalonga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Homonyms
Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777)
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Common names
Albacora-branca in Portuguese
Albacore in Portuguese
Atum in Portuguese
alalunga Brauner in Italian
albacora in Spanish
albacora in Spanish
albacore in English
albacore in English
albakor in Norwegian
albakore in Swedish
atún blanco in Spanish
atún blanco in Spanish
atún branco in Galician
bacora in Catalan–Valencian
beyaz ton baligi in Turkish
bonito do norte in Galician
germon in French
germon in French
hegaluze in Basque
jermon in Breton
long-fin tuna in English
long-fin tunny in English
longfinned albacore in English
långfenad tonfisk in Swedish
thon blanc in French
tonyina blanca in Catalan–Valencian
tonyina d'ulls grossos in Catalan–Valencian
toun gwen in Breton
ullada in Catalan–Valencian
valkotonnikala in Finnish
voador in Portuguese
weisser Thunfisch in German
weiszer Thun in German
weißer Thun in German
witte tonijn in Dutch
ビンナガ in Japanese
Albacore in English
Albacore Tuna in English
Buni habrikos in language.
Long-fin Tuna in English
Albacora in Spanish
Albacore Tuna in English
Albacore or longfin tuna in English
Atun Blanco in Spanish
Germon in French
Long-fin Tunny in English
Long-finned Tunny in English
Tiwna Asgell-Hir in Welsh
Tiwnaod Asgell-Hir in Welsh
alalunga Brauner in Italian

Bibliographic References

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  2. Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds., 2001: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 21-57.
  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.
  5. Fonteneau, A. (1997). Atlas of tropical tuna fisheries. World catches and environment. <em>ORSTOM.</em> 1-192.
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  7. 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.
  8. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  9. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  14. 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
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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