Pacific bluefin tuna
📖 Overview
Epipelagic, usually oceanic, but seasonally coming close to shore . Tolerates ample temperature intervals . Forms schools by size, sometimes with other scombrids . Migrates between June and September in a northward direction along the coast of Baja California, Mexico and California . A voracious predator that feeds on a wide variety of small schooling fishes and squids, also on crabs crabs and to a lesser degree on sessile organisms . Marketed fresh and frozen.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Mean number of gill rakers 35.9. First ventrally directed parapophysis on vertebra number 8. Dorsal wall of body cavity has a narrow bulge with lateral concavity and wide lateral trough. Caudal keels dark.: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pacific bluefin tuna is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Pacific bluefin tuna is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Pacific bluefin tuna is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous ; depth range 1 - 550 m . Subtropical; 61°N - 52°S, 99°E - 70°W North Pacific: Gulf of Alaska to southern California and Baja California and from Sakhalin Island in the southern Sea of Okhotsk south to northern Philippines.
🌿 Ecology
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📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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