CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 441026 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Thunnus orientalis   (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: FAO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: FAO Family: 37 441 Scombridae (Mackerels) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Northern Bluefin Tuna Common Names List: northern bluefin tuna Organism Type: a mackerel Synonyms: Thunnus thynnus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 37 441925     Thunnus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 441026

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 200 m.

Scientific Name Notes:	The Pacific 'Northern Bluefin Tuna', Thunnus orientalis is considered distinct from the Atlantic 'Northern Bluefin Tuna', Thunnus thynnus (see Collette et al, 2001), and therefore the name of the Australian (Pacific) species is Thunnus orientalis.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b35bf6d6-3b67-4d4c-b81e-b7ca7a64d341 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 2545 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273823 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-08-02 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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