Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 214

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12712359
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scientific name	Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 250 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-1500 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2011)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Caught by the tuna seiners, during the dry season (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Scombridae
Genus	Thunnus

Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)

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