Bigeye tuna

Bigeye tuna
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Genus:	Thunnus
Subgenus:	Thunnus
Species:	T. obesus
Binomial name
	Thunnus obesus; (Lowe, 1839)
Synonyms
	Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839); Thynnus obesus Lowe, 1839; Germogus obesus (Lowe, 1839); Neothunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839); Parathunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839); Thynnus sibi Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; Germo sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844); Orcynus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844); Parathunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844); Thunnus sibi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844); Thunnus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915; Parathunnus mebachi (Kishinouye, 1915);

The bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) is a species of true tuna of the genus Thunnus, belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae. In Hawaiian, it is one of two species known as ʻahi, the other being the yellowfin tuna. Bigeye tuna are found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, but not in the Mediterranean Sea.

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