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Thunnus
Taxonomy
Thunnus was named by South (1845) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Thunnidae by David (1943) and Danil'chenko (1960); to Scomberoidei by Purdy et al. (2001); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Thunninae by Starks (1910), Klawe (1977), Bannikov (1979), Collette et al. (2001), Monsch (2004), Serdy (2004) and Monsch and Bannikov (2011); and to Scombridae by Danil'chenko (1980), Fierstine et al. (2012), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Thunnidae by David (1943) and Danil'chenko (1960); to Scomberoidei by Purdy et al. (2001); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Thunninae by Starks (1910), Klawe (1977), Bannikov (1979), Collette et al. (2001), Monsch (2004), Serdy (2004) and Monsch and Bannikov (2011); and to Scombridae by Danil'chenko (1980), Fierstine et al. (2012), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1816 | Thynnus Cuvier |
| 1835 | Orcynus Agassiz p. 35 |
| 1845 | Thunnus South |
| 1873 | Thynnus Sauvage p. 144 |
| 1888 | Albacora Jordan |
| 1890 | Thynnus (Orcynus) Storms p. 175 |
| 1901 | Thynnus Woodward p. 454 |
| 1910 | Thunnus Starks p. 80 |
| 1925 | Orcynus Arambourg p. 103 |
| 1926 | Thynnus Leriche p. 442 |
| 1931 | Thynnus Pauca p. 149 |
| 1943 | Thunnus David p. 155 |
| 1960 | Thunnus Danil'chenko p. 155 |
| 1977 | Thunnus Klawe p. 1 |
| 1979 | Thunnus Bannikov p. 355 |
| 1980 | Thunnus Danil'chenko p. 156 |
| 2001 | Thunnus Collette et al. p. 3 |
| 2001 | Thunnus Purdy et al. p. 180 |
| 2002 | Thunnus Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Thunnus Monsch p. 457 |
| 2004 | Thunnus Serdy p. 235 |
| 2011 | Thunnus Monsch and Bannikov p. 284 |
| 2012 | Thunnus Fierstine et al. p. 152 |
| 2017 | Thunnus Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2018 | Thunnus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 192 |
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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.
G. Thunnus South 1845
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†Thunnus abchazicus Danil’chenko 1951
Thunnus alalunga Bonnaterre 1788
Thunnus albacares Bonnaterre 1788
Thunnus atlanticus Lesson 1831
†Thunnus krambergeri Pauca 1931
†Thunnus lanceolatus Agassiz 1835
†Thunnus latior Agassiz 1835
Thunnus maccoyii Castelnau 1872
Thunnus obesus Lowe 1839
Thunnus orientalis Temminck and Schlegel 1844
†Thunnus secretus Bannikov 1979
Thunnus thynnus Linnaeus 1758
Thunnus tonggol Bleeker 1851
Invalid names: Albacora Jordan 1888 [synonym], Orcynus Agassiz 1835 [replaced], Thynnus Cuvier 1816 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011 | Body deep and fusiform. Small teeth. Fron- toparietal fenestra and pineal window present. First vertebra completely sutured to skull. Preural vertebrae 2–3 strongly shortened. Recent species with 39 vertebrae. Fossil species possibly of Thunnus have less or more vertebrae (see below). First dorsal fin with 11–14 spines, second dorsal fin with 12–16 rays. 7–10 finlets both above and below. Pectoral fin with 30–36 rays. |