Thunnus South, 1845
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- South, J. F. (1845). Thunnus. In: Encyclopedia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge. Edition for 1845. 25: 620-622.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Scombridae
- genus
- Thunnus
Name
- Synonyms
- Albacora Jordan, 1888
- Germo Jordan, 1888
- Kishincella
- Kishinoella Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
- Neothunnus Kishinouye, 1923
- Orcynus Cuvier, 1816
- Orycnus Gill, 1863
- Parathunnus Kishinouye, 1923
- Semathunnus Fowler, 1933
- Thinnus Wood, 1837
- Thunnis Fowler, 1903
- Thunus
- Thynnus Cuvier, 1816
- Homonyms
- Thunnus South, 1845
- Common names
- Albacores in English
- Albacores in English
- Atum in Portuguese
- Atun challwa in Quechua
- Atunes y albacoras in Spanish
- Atuno in Ido
- Atún in Spanish
- Bluefin and Yellowfin Tunas in English
- Cybium in Latin
- Cá ngừ đại dương in Vietnamese
- Ikan sisiak in language.
- Paprastieji tunai in Lithuanian
- Thon in French
- Thunfisch in German
- Tinuso in Esperanto
- Ton in Haitian Creole
- Tonfiskar in Swedish
- Tonhal in Hungarian
- Tonijn in Dutch
- Tonnikala in Finnish
- Tonno in Italian
- True Tunas in English
- Tuinnín in Irish
- Tulingan in Tagalog
- Tuna in English
- Tunas in English
- Tuncis in Latvian
- Tunfisk in Norwegian
- Tuniak in Slovak
- Tunjak in language.
- Tunjevina in Bosnian
- Tunnu in language.
- Tunowa ryba in language.
- Tuňák in Czech
- Typical Tunas in English
- Tónno in language.
- Túnfiskur in Icelandic
- albacores in English
- albacores in English
- tun in Slovenian
- tunas in English
- tunas in English
- Θύννος in Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Θύννος (Thynnos) in language.
- Τόννος (Tónnos) in Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Туна in Serbian
- Тунець in Ukrainian
- Тунца (Tunca) in Belarusian
- Тунцы in Russian
- Туњевина (Tunjevina) in language.
Bibliographic References
- 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.
- 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.
- Ency. Metrop., 25
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
- FishBase
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 809 Thunnus South. 1845 (Pisces): validated under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24, 85-86 (1967)
- Kullander (1999) Förteckning över svenska fiskar
- Kullander, Nyman, Jilg & Delling (2012) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Strålfeniga fiskar. Chordata: Actinopterygii
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- SN2000/Fritzsche, 1982
- Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560.
- Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
- South, J. F. (1845). Thunnus. In: Encyclopedia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge. Edition for 1845. 25: 620-622.
- South, J.F. (1845). Encyclopedia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge. Edition for 1845. v. 25.
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)