Allison tuna

Thunnus albacares

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth15–200 m
Water temperature12–29 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and August
How commonCommon

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About this species

The yellowfin tuna is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Yellowfin tuna”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1,042 records
February: 819 records
March: 1,148 records
April: 1,262 records
May: 1,418 records
June: 1,489 records
July: 1,543 records
August: 1,623 records
September: 1,382 records
October: 1,404 records
November: 1,239 records
December: 1,015 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 15–200 m · Deepest record: 3,590 m

0–10 m: 492 records
10–20 m: 1,726 records
20–30 m: 2,079 records
30–40 m: 1,744 records
40–50 m: 1,348 records
50–60 m: 257 records
60–70 m: 449 records
70–80 m: 329 records
80–90 m: 108 records
90–100 m: 402 records
100–110 m: 336 records
110+ m: 3,528 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–29 °C

12–14 °C: 3 records
14–16 °C: 41 records
16–18 °C: 89 records
18–20 °C: 30 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 45 records
24–26 °C: 128 records
26–28 °C: 384 records
28–30 °C: 97 records

Names and classification

English: Allison tuna, Yellowfin tuna, Yellow-fin tunny, Allison's Tuna, Autumn albacore, Pacific Long-tailed Tuna, Yellowfinned Albacore, yellowfin tuna, Yellow-fin Tuna, yellow-fin tunny, Yellow-fin Tunny

Names in 5 more languages

German: Gelbflossenthun, Gelbflossen-Thun, Gelbflossenthunfisch
Spanish: Albacora, Aleta Amarilla, atún aleta amarilla, atún claro, atún de aleta amarilla, rabil, Rabil
French: albacore, Albacore, albacore à nageoires jaunes, Grand fouet, Grand fouet, Thon jaune, Thon rouge, thon à nageoires jaunes, Thon à nageoires jaunes, Thon jaune
Japanese: Kihada, キハダ
Simplified Chinese: 串仔, 黃奇串, 黃鰭金槍魚, 黃鰭鮪

Other scientific names: Germo albacares, Germo albacora, Germo allisoni, Germo argentivittatus, Germo itosibi, Germo macropterus, Kishincella zacalles, Kishinoella zacalles, Neothunnus albacares, Neothunnus albacora, Neothunnus albacores, Neothunnus allisoni, Neothunnus argentivittatus, Neothunnus brevipinna, Neothunnus catalinae, Neothunnus itosibi, Neothunnus macropterus, Orcynus albacora, Orcynus macropterus, Orcynus subulatus, Scomber albacares, Scomber albacorus, Scomber sloanei, Semathunnus guildi, Semathunnus itosibi, Thunnus abacares, Thunnus albacarres, Thunnus albacora, Thunnus albacores, Thunnus allisoni

Similar species

Frigate mackerel
Auxis thazard
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
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Slender tuna
Allothunnus fallai
Kawakawa
Euthynnus affinis
Dogtooth tuna
Gymnosarda unicolor

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
170,306 open-data records from 1788 to 2024.

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