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Genus Family: Scombridae 🍽️ 4 Edible 🎣 8 Game Fish

Thunnus

Common name: True tunas

Large, fast-swimming open-ocean fish of great commercial importance.

Species
8
Max Length
458 cm
Max Weight
684.0 kg
Max Lifespan
32 yrs
Avg Trophic
4.38
Threatened
1

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🌊 Marine
8

🛡️ Conservation Status

LC
NT
VU
EN
DD
Least Concern 4
Near Threatened 1
Vulnerable 1
Endangered 1
Data Deficient 1

🌐 Geographic Distribution

PR
5 spp.
BM
5 spp.
Dominican Republic
5 spp.
Trinidad and Tobago
5 spp.
Jamaica
5 spp.
Suriname
5 spp.
Brazil
5 spp.
TC
5 spp.
Venezuela
5 spp.
United States
5 spp.
Barbados
5 spp.
Bahamas
5 spp.
VI
5 spp.
Cuba
5 spp.
GF
5 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
2,743 m

🍽️ Nutrition & Mercury Safety

Edible Species
2
Avg Mercury
0.41
ppm · High
Avg Omega-3
334
mg / serving

🏆 World Records

weight
Atlantic bluefin tuna - 678.60 kg
Thunnus thynnus
🎣 Ken Fraser 📍 Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia 📅 Oct 1979
weight
Bigeye tuna - 197.31 kg
Thunnus obesus
🎣 Dr Russell Lee 📍 Cabo Blanco, Peru 📅 Apr 1957
weight
Yellowfin tuna - 193.68 kg
Thunnus albacares
🎣 Guy Yocom 📍 Magdalena Bay, Mexico 📅 Sep 2012
weight
Albacore - 40.00 kg
Thunnus alalunga
🎣 Siegfried Dickemann 📍 Gran Canaria, Spain 📅 Nov 1977