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genus Thunnus - tunas: warm-blooded fishes

fish genus - any of various genus of fish

family Scombridae, Scombridae - marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna

tunny, tuna - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

Thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna - may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics

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Reports on SEAFOOD EXPORT TO JAPAN - III (IAR - 207)

The bony fish and cartilaginous fish prey of the white shark includes a variety of sizes from small to large, and includes pelagic, demersal and benthic species, such as anchovies (family Engraulidae), hakes (genus Merluccius), barracudas (family Sphyraenidae), tuna (genus Thunnus), scorpionfish (genua Scorpaena), swordfish (Xiphias gladius), stingrays (genus Dasyatis), and many others.

Diet of the great white shark

The smallest individuals (<3.2 mm SL) of the genus Thunnus could not be identified to species, and are referred to as Thunnus spp.

Onshore-offshore distribution and abundance of tuna larvae (Pisces: Scombridae: Thunnini) in near-reef waters of the Coral Sea

Larvae of the genus Thunnus were sorted from other scombrid larvae by the morphological features and meristics described in Nishikawa and Rimmer (1987) and Ambrose (1996).

Temporal variation in growth of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) larvae in the Panama Bight, 1990-97

Comparative anatomy and systematics of the tunas, genus Thunnus. Fish.

Morphological development and growth of laboratory-reared larval and juvenile Thunnus thynnus (Pisces: Scombridae)

Because all tuna species of the genus Thunnus are thought to be phylogenetically new (Chow and Kishino, 1995), use of highly variable genetic markers may be necessary to investigate genetic differentiation between stocks.

Preliminary study of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) stock differentiation inferred from microsatellite DNA analysis

Tunas (genus Thunnus) of the western North Atlantic.

Estimating the number of fish in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) schools using models derived from captive school observations