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The yellowfin tuna (*Thunnus albacares*) is a species of fish in the family Scombridae, order Scombriformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. Its taxonomic status is accepted, with the authority cited as Bonnaterre, 1788. Common names for this organism include Albacora, Aleta Amarilla, Albacore, and Allison tuna. It inhabits marine and brackish environments and is listed in Brazil. The IUCN Red List classifies its conservation status as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2021.
In the wild, the maximum longevity of the yellowfin tuna is 9 years. Its primary food sources include fish, Teuthida, Exocoetidae, and Scomberesocidae. As a human food item, it is categorized under yellowfin tunas. Nutritional data indicates an energy content of 120 kcal, with 28 of proteins, 0.5 of fat, and 0.13 of salt. It contains no carbohydrates, sugars, fiber, or saturated fat.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Encyclopedia of Life, Openfoodfacts, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernAllison tuna
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScombriformes
- FamilyScombridae
Maximum longevity: 9 years (wild)
via IUCN
Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 5 products
- Energy
- 120 kcal
- Fat
- 0.5 g
- — of which saturates
- 0 g
- Carbohydrates
- 0 g
- — of which sugars
- 0 g
- Fibre
- 0 g
- Protein
- 28 g
- Salt
- 0.13 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human food
- Parent taxon
- Thunnus
- Image
- Thalb u0.gif
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Thunnus albacares
- Commons category
- Thunnus albacares
- MCN code
- 0303.42.00
- taxon common name
- atún mariellu
- sequenced genome URL
- www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Thunnus_albacares
- taxon range
- Brazil
- short name
- T. albacares
- main food source
- Engraulidae
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi, from the Hawaiian ʻahi, a name also used there for the closely related bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). The species name, albacares ("white meat") can also lead to confusion: in English, the albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is a different species, while yellowfin is officially designated albacore in French and referred to as albacora by Portuguese fishermen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “yellowfin tuna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.