Thynnus angustus Sauvage 1870 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1870. Synopsis des poissons tertiaires de Licata. Anales des Sciences Naturalles, Zoologie et Paleontologie 14:1-26

Belongs to Thynnus according to H. E. Sauvage 1873

See also Sauvage 1870

Sister taxa: Thunnus (Alciola), Thunnus abchazicus, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus atlanticus, Thunnus krambergeri, Thunnus lanceolatus, Thunnus latior, Thunnus maccoyii, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus orientalis, Thunnus secretus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus tonggol, Thynnus scaldisi, Thynnus bolcensis, Thynnus scaldisii, Orcynus proximus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Licata, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Licata

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