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Auxis Cuvier, 1829

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Scombridae
genus
Auxis

Name

Homonyms
Auxis Cuvier, 1829
Common names
Atunes bala in Spanish
Frigate Mackerels in English
frigate mackerels in English
frigate mackerels in English
frigate tunas in English
frigate tunas in English
Скумбрієвий тунець in Ukrainian
макрелетунцы in Russian
ปลาโอขาว ปลาโอหลอด ฯลฯ in Thai
ソウダガツオ属 in Japanese
舵鰹屬 in Chinese
물치다래속 in Korean
ソウダガツオ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. (2010) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (15 January 2010).
  2. Collette, B. B.; Nauen, C. E. (1983). FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. <em>FAO Fish. Synop.</em> 125(2): i-vii + 1-137.
  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 Christopher R. Aadland, 1996: Revision of the frigate tunas (Scombridae, Auxis), with descriptions of two new subspecies from the eastern Pacific. Fishery Bulletin, vol. 94, no. 3. 423-441.
  5. 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.
  6. Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
  7. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  8. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  9. FishBase
  10. 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.
  11. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  12. 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).
  13. 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).
  14. R. Anim., ed. 2, 2
  15. SN2000/Fritzsche, 1982
  16. SN2000/Fritzsche, 1982, PaleoDB
  17. 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.
  18. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  19. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  20. 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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