Yellowfin tuna

Yellowfin tuna
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Genus:	Thunnus
Subgenus:	Neothunnus
Species:	T. albacares
Binomial name
	Thunnus albacares; Bonnaterre, 1788
Synonyms
	Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, 1788 ; Germo albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) ; Neothunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) ; Scomber albacorus Lacepède, 1800 ; Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier, 1832 ; Germo argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) ; Neothunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) ; Thunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) ; Scomber sloanei Cuvier, 1832 ; Thynnus albacora Lowe, 1839 ; Germo albacora (Lowe, 1839) ; Neothunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839) ; Orcynus albacora (Lowe, 1839) ; Thunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839) ; Thynnus macropterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 ; Germo macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) ; Neothunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) ; Orcynus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) ; Thunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) ; Orcynus subulatus Poey, 1875 ; Thunnus allisoni Mowbray, 1920 ; Germo allisoni (Mowbray, 1920) ; Neothunnus allisoni (Mowbray, 1920) ; Neothunnus itosibi Jordan & Evermann, 1926 ; Germo itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) ; Semathunnus itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) ; Thunnus itosibi (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) ; Neothunnus catalinae Jordan & Evermann, 1926 ; Thunnus catalinae (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) ; Kishinoella zacalles Jordan & Evermann, 1926 ; Thunnus zacalles (Jordan & Evermann, 1926) ; Semathunnus guildi Fowler, 1933 ; Neothunnus brevipinna Bellón & Bàrdan de Bellón, 1949 ;

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

Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi, from the Hawaiian ʻahi, a name also used there for the closely related bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus).^[3] The species name, albacares ("white meat") can also lead to confusion: in English, the albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is a different species, while yellowfin is officially designated albacore in French and referred to as albacora by Portuguese fishermen.

^ Collette, B.B.; Boustany, A.; Fox, W.; Graves, J.; Juan Jorda, M.; Restrepo, V. (2021). "Thunnus albacares". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21857A46624561. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T21857A46624561.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thunnus albacares". FishBase. February 2018 version.
^ Cite error: The named reference hsbg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] Collette, B.B.; Boustany, A.; Fox, W.; Graves, J.; Juan Jorda, M.; Restrepo, V. (2021). "Thunnus albacares". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21857A46624561. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T21857A46624561.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thunnus albacares". FishBase. February 2018 version.

[hsbg-3] Cite error: The named reference hsbg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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