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Thunnus thynnus

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Taxonomy
Scomber thynnus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thynnus thynnus by Woodward (1901); it was recombined as Thunnus thynnus by Collette et al. (2001), Serdy (2004) and Monsch and Bannikov (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scomber thynnus Linnaeus p. 297
1901Thynnus thynnus Woodward p. 455
2001Thunnus thynnus Collette et al. p. 3
2004Thunnus thynnus Serdy p. 236
2011Thunnus thynnus Monsch and Bannikov p. 284

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
familyScombridae(Rafinesque 1815)
subfamilyScombrinaeRafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
tribeThunnini()
genusThunnusSouth 1845
speciesthynnus(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Thunnus thynnus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available