Frigate tuna

Frigate tuna
Auxis thazard (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae
Subfamily: Scombrinae
Tribe: Thunnini
Genus: Auxis
Subspecies: A. thazard thazard
Trinomial name
Auxis thazard thazard
(Lacepède, 1800)

The frigate tuna or frigate mackerel, Auxis thazard thazard, is a subspecies of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found around the world in tropical oceans.

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