Species Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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• Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, J.P. 1788. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des trois Règnes de la Nature. Ichthyologie. Paris. pp. 1-215, 102 pls [140] [description based on drawing by Sloane, H. 1707. A voyage to Jamaica. In, A Voyage to the Islands Madeira, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica. London Vol. 1265 pp. 158 pls. [not seen] (469)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Jamaica.
• Thynnus albacora Lowe, R.T. 1839. A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 7: 76-92 [77].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, off Madeira.
• Thynnus macropterus Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1844. Pisces. pp. 73-112 pls 37-59, 60 (in part) in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(5–6). [98].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (RMNH 2252 listed as holotype by Boeseman 1947:93, Gibbs & Collette 1967:104 indicated it did not match original description), southwestern Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gibbs, R.H. & Collette, B.B. 1967. Comparative anatomy and systematics of the tunas, genus Thunnus. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 66(1): 65-130 figs 1-32 [102] (also considered Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier, 1831 as a synonym, but not regarded as Incertae sedis)

 

Generic Combinations

• Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788). —
  Ginsburg, I. 1953. The taxonomic status and nomenclature of some Atlantic and Pacific populations of yellowfin and bluefin tunas. Copeia 1953(1): 1-10 [Date published Feb 26 1953] [3]
• Neothunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844). —
  Kishinouye, K. 1923. Contributions to the comparative study of the so-called scombroid fishes. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University of Tokyo 8(3): 293-476 [446]
  Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [120]
  Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [111] (744)
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [48] (1411)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Parathunnus argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) [misidentification, name now considered as Incertae sedis]. —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [48] (1412)

 

Introduction

There is a major fishery for the Yellowfin Tuna. It was listed as Near Threatened in 2011.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South-western WA to eastern Bass Strait and TAS, also Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Lord Howe Island, absent from Northern Territory and Gulf of Carpentaria, SA and western VIC; tropical, subtropical, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, oceanic province, pelagic, schooling.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [230]

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [258]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [142]

Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5

Collette, B.B. 2001. Scombridae. pp. 3721-3756 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3753]

Collette, B.B. & Nauen, C.E. 1983. FAO species catalogue. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 2. Rome : FAO. 137 pp. 81 figs [84]

Gibbs, R.H. & Collette, B.B. 1967. Comparative anatomy and systematics of the tunas, genus Thunnus. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 66(1): 65-130 figs 1-32

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [789]

Gomon, M.F. & Robertson, E.M. 1994. Family Scombridae. pp. 819-828, figs 724-732 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [827]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [104, 141]

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [62, 86]

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [358]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [111] (744, as Neothunnus macropterus)

Pepperell, J. 2010. Fishes of the Open Ocean a Natural History & Illustrated Guide. Sydney : University of New South Wales Press Ltd 266 pp. [70]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [448]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [448]

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [120] (as Neothunnus macropterus)

Scoles, D.R. & Graves, J.E. 1993. Genetic analysis of the population structure of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, from the Pacific Ocean. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 91: 690-698 [690]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [48] (1411, as Neothunnus macropterus and 1412, as Parathunnus argentivittatus)

 

Common Name References

Collette, B.B. & Nauen, C.E. 1983. FAO species catalogue. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 2. Rome : FAO. 137 pp. 81 figs [85] (Yellowfinned Albacore)

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [827] (Allison's Tuna, Autumn Albacore)

Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [363] (Allison Tuna, Longfin Yellowfin Tuna)

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [358] (Fin Tuna)

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [358] (Pacific Yellow-finned Tuna)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Yellowfin Tuna)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [180] (Yellowfin Tuna)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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		12-Feb-2010	(import)