Yellow Fin Tuna
Thunnus albacares
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 486
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi, from the Hawaiian ʻahi, a name also used there for the closely related bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). The species name, albacares ("white meat") can also lead to confusion: in English, the albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is a different species, while yellowfin is officially designated albacore in French and referred to as albacora by Portuguese fishermen.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellowfin tuna”.