bluefin tuna

English

Thunnus thynnus

Noun

bluefin tuna (usually uncountable, plural bluefin tunas)

1. Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:
   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.

   1. Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also
      in the Mediterranean Sea.
   2. longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol), found in tropical Indo-West Pacific waters.
   3. Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean and locally in the south.
   4. southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii).

Synonyms

• (Atlantic bluefin tuna): northern bluefin tuna
• (longtail tuna): northern bluefin tuna (Australia)
• (Pacific bluefin tuna): northern bluefin tuna

Translations

tuna species

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍鰭金槍魚／蓝鳍金枪鱼 (lánqíjīnqiāngyú), 藍鰭鮪魚／蓝鳍鲔鱼 (lánqíwěiyú)

• French: thon rouge (fr) m
• Galician: atún vermello (gl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: tiùna gorm-iteach m

Further reading

• Thunnus thynnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thunnus tonggol on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thunnus orientalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thunnus maccoyii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies