Allothunnus Serventy 1948 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Full reference: D. L. Serventy. 1948. Allothunnus fallai, a new genus and species of tuna from New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 5(3):131-135

Parent taxon: Thunninae according to B. B. Collette et al. 2001

See also Klawe 1977 and Serventy 1948

Sister taxa: Auxis, Eothynnus, Euthynnus, Katsuwonus, Thunnus, Woodwardella

Subtaxa: Allothunnus fallai

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Allothunnus in the database

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