Bluefin tuna - Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Quick facts
| Threat status Europe | Near Threatened (IUCN) |
|---|---|
| Protected by | 2 international agreements |
| Natura 2000 species code | 3029 |
Distribution
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Threat and conservation status
IUCN Red List status of threatened species
The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.
World
Endangered
Europe
Near Threatened
EU
Not evaluated
EU conservation status
The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
| Legal text | Annex | Conditions | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol) |
http://rac-spa.org/protocol
http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf |
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| Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic ("OSPAR Convention") (OSPAR Convention) | http://www.ospar.org/content...240000_000000_000000 |
Common names and synonyms
Common Name
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Language
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Reference
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|---|---|---|
| An tuinnín | Irish (recte Irish Gaelic) | Fishbase |
| Atum | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Atum-rabilho | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Atún | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Atún rojo | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Blåfinnet tun | Danish | Fishbase |
| Blåfinnet tunfisk | Danish | Fishbase |
| Bluefin tuna | English | Fishbase |
| Bluefin tunny | English | Fishbase |
| Makrellshørje | Norwegian | Fishbase |
| Makrellstørje | Norwegian | Fishbase |
| Makrillstörje | Swedish | Fishbase |
| Mochama | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Musciame de tonno | Italian | Fishbase |
| Northern Bluefin Tuna | English | Fishbase |
| Obyknovennyi tunets | Russian | Fishbase |
| Orkinos | Turkish | Fishbase |
| Röd tonfisk | Swedish | Fishbase |
| Roter Thun | German | Fishbase |
| Siniy | Russian | Fishbase |
| Sjorje | Norwegian | Fishbase |
| Thon rouge du nord | French | Fishbase |
| Thunfisch | German | Fishbase |
| Thunfisk | Norwegian | Fishbase |
| Ton | Bulgarian | Fishbase |
| Ton | Polish | Fishbase |
| Ton | Romanian | Fishbase |
| Ton rosu | Romanian | Fishbase |
| Tonfisk | Swedish | Fishbase |
| Toni | Albanian | Fishbase |
| Tonijn | Dutch | Fishbase |
| Tonn | Maltese | Fishbase |
| Tonnikala | Finnish | Fishbase |
| Tonno | Italian | Fishbase |
| Tónnos | Greek | Fishbase |
| Tonnu | Maltese | Fishbase |
| Tun | Danish | Fishbase |
| Tun | Serbian | Fishbase |
| Tunczyk blekitnopletwy | Polish | Fishbase |
| Tunfisk | Danish | Fishbase |
| Tunfisk | Norwegian | Fishbase |
| Túnfiskur | Icelandic | Fishbase |
| Tunj | Croatian | Fishbase |
| Tunnagg (young) | Maltese | Fishbase |
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Synonym
|
Author
|
|---|---|
| Albacora thynnus | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Thunnus secundodorsalis | (Storer, 1855) |
| Thynnus mediterraneus | Risso, 1827 |
| Thynnus vulgaris | Cuvier, 1832 |
| Thynnus thynnus | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Thunnus vulgaris | (Cuvier, 1832) |
| Thynnus secundodorsalis | Storer, 1855 |
| Thunnus thynnus coretta | (non Cuvier, 1829) |
| Thunnus thynnus saliens | (non Jordan & Evermann, 1926) |
| Scomber thynnus | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Orcynus thynnus | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Orcynus secondidorsalis | (Storer, 1855) |
| Thunnus thynnus thynnus | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Thunnus thynus | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Other resources
| CoL (accepted name) | Catalogue of Life |
| EoL | Encyclopedia of Life |
| Fauna Europaea search | Fauna Europaea |
| FishBase | FishBase |
| GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| ITIS (Valid name) | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
| NCBI search | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia |
| WoRMS | World Register of Marine Species |
