Euthynnus lineatus
| Black skipjack tuna | |
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| Euthynnus lineatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Genus: | Euthynnus |
| Species: | E. lineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Euthynnus lineatus Kishinouye, 1920 | |
Euthynnus lineatus, the black skipjack or black skipjack tuna, is a species of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae. It belongs to the tribe Thunnini, better known as the tunas.[1]
Distribution
Eastern tropical Pacific from San Simeon, California to northern Peru and the Galápagos Islands.[2]
Fisheries
No targeted fishery exists for this species, though it is taken incidentally in the course of other fishery operations."[3]
References
- ↑ "Euthynnus lineatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ↑ Scombridae on research.calacademy.org
- ↑ Collette B and 11 others (2011). "Euthynnus lineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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