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Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Serventy, D. L. (1948). Allothunnus fallai a new genus and species of tuna from New Zealand. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 131-135, Pls. 28-29.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Scombridae
genus
Allothunnus
species
Allothunnus fallai

Name

Synonyms
Gasterochisma fallai (Serventy, 1948)
Homonyms
Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948
Common names
Atum Elegante in Portuguese
Atum-foguete in Portuguese
Atum-sororoca in Portuguese
Atum-torpedo in Portuguese
Atún lanzón in language.
Falla's Tuna in English
Hosokatsuo in Japanese
Slank tun in Danish
Slender tuna in English
Slender tuna in English
Thon élégant in French
Thon élégant in French
Torpedo Tunny in English
atún lanzón in Spanish
atún lanzón in Spanish
atún lanzón in Spanish
slender tuna in English
slender tuna in English
slender tuna in English
thon élégante in French
thon élégante in French
Южный тунец in Russian
טונה סלנדר in Hebrew
تونة نحيلة in Arabic
ホソカツオ in Japanese
細鰹 in Chinese
Slender Tuna in English
Atum Elegante in Portuguese
Atum-foguete in Portuguese
Atún Lanzón in Spanish
Hosokatsuo in Japanese
Thon élégant in French
atún lanzón in Spanish
slender tuna in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Collette & Nauen 1983, Eschmeyer et al. 1983, Zama & Cardenas 1984, Pequeño 1989, Chirichigno & Vélez 1998, Reyes et al. 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Serventy, D. L. (1948). Allothunnus fallai a new genus and species of tuna from New Zealand. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 131-135, Pls. 28-29.
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