Albacore
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The albacore, known also as the albicore or longfin tuna, is a species of tuna of the order Scombriformes. It lives in temperate and tropical waters across the globe in the epipelagic and mesopelagic
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The albacore's pectoral fins can be longer than 30% of the fish's total length.
Freshly hooked albacore tuna
Albacore caught off Cyprus
Thunnus
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Thunnus is a genus of ocean-dwelling, ray-finned bony fish from the mackerel family, Scombridae. More specifically, Thunnus is one of five genera which make up the tribe Thunnini – a tribe that is col
Albacore
…Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Division: Teleostei Order: Scombriformes Family: Scombridae Genus: Thunnus Subgenus: Thunnus Species: T. alalunga Binomial name Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) Synonyms Scomber alalunga Bonnaterre, 1788 Germo alalunga…
Yellowfin tuna nurp
Fossil specimen
Relative sizes of various tunas, with the Atlantic bluefin tuna (top) at about 8 ft (2.4 m) in this sample
Bluefin big