Southern bluefin tuna
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The southern bluefin tuna is a tuna of the family Scombridae found in open southern Hemisphere waters of all the world's oceans mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S. At up to 2.5 metres and we
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Sushi made of southern bluefin tuna (top row) and pacific bluefin tuna (bottom row)
Frozen tuna at the Tsukiji fish market.
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Pacific bluefin tuna
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The Pacific bluefin tuna is a predatory species of tuna found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean, but it is migratory and also recorded as a visitor to the south Pacific.
Southern bluefin tuna
…process. Higher prices are charged for the highest quality fish; bluefin tuna worth over $150,000 have been sold at Tsukiji. In 2001, a 202-kilogram wild Pacific bluefin tuna caught in Tsugaru Straight near Omanachi I Aomori Prefecture sold for $173,600, or about $800 a kilogram. In 2013, a 222-kilogram Pacific bluefin tuna…
Pacific bluefin tuna
At Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Japan
Pacific bluefin caught near Catalina Island, California, US in 1913
Sushi made with toro, the raw belly meat of bluefin tuna