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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Scombridae — thetuna .
Etymologies
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The diversity of fish species includes some of the most economically significant species such as Thunnus thynnus (tuna), Tetrapturus albidus (white marlin), Makaira indica (black marlin) and Istiophorus albicans (billfish).
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Description: Bluefish tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is an symbol of marine conversation.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Asia Guillaume Chapron 2010
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I trust my fishmonger to tell me if I am purchasing Thunnus or Katsuwonus pelamis.
Pity the poor fishmonger Not a sheep 2008
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I trust my fishmonger to tell me if I am purchasing Thunnus or Katsuwonus pelamis.
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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The high-end chain sells a tremendous amount of bluefin tuna, much of which is critically endangered Northern bluefin (Thunnus thynnus) from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
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Migrant pelagic include tunnies Thunnus spp., smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata guitarfish Rhinobatos spp., and smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, announced that the United States supports a proposal submitted by the principality of Monaco to list the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Appendix I of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).
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Additional immigrants from the south during summer include short-finned squid, fish such as mackerel and bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), and birds such as greater shearwater (Puffinus gravis) and sooty shearwater (P. griseus).
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada 2009
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Recently, Kindai and its commercial arm shipped 1,500 small tuna fish, the third generation of the artificially hatched bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis, which had been artificially incubated and raised at the University's Ohshima Research Station in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
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Is there a relationship between environmental variables and the surface catch of albacore Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the North Atlantic?
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