Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre 1788)

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Thunnus albacares (Yellowfin Tuna) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family mackerels. They are listed as near threatened by IUCN. Individuals are known to live for 9 years and can grow to 239 cm.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nearThreatened
Definition: A taxon is Near Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable now, but is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future
Source: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21857

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EOL has data for 25 attributes, including:

parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre 1788) (Yellowfin tuna)
body mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
- Definition: The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
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200.0 kg
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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150 cm
fork length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001658
- Definition: length of a fish from the tip of the snout to the end of the middle caudal fin rays
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239 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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tropical ocean
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TropicalOcean
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre 1788) (Yellowfin tuna)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre 1788) (Yellowfin tuna)
life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050
- Definition: A time quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's expected maximum age.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/PATO:Main_Page Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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9 years
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Decreasing
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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9 years
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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29.336 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Yellowfin tuna. View this species on GBIF

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