bluefin tuna

English

Thunnus thynnus

Noun

bluefintuna(usuallyuncountable,pluralbluefin tunas)

1. Any member of genusThunnusoftuna,having blue fins, including:
   • 2013July 26,Nick Miroff,“Mexico gets a taste for eating insects[…]”,inThe Guardian Weekly‎^[1],volume189,number 7, page32:

     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 thebluefin 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) of waters of the southern hemisphere.

Synonyms

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

Translations

tuna species

• Asturian:atún(ast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Lam kỳ kim thương ngư／Lam kỳ kim thương ngư(lánqíjīnqiāngyú),Lam kỳ vị ngư／Lam kỳ vị ngư(lánqíwěiyú)

• French:thon rouge(fr)m
• Galician:atún vermello(gl)m
• Korean:참다랑어(ko)(chamdarang'eo)
• Scottish Gaelic:tiùna gorm-iteachm

Further reading

• Thunnus thynnuson Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thunnus tonggolon Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thunnus orientalison Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thunnus maccoyiion Wikispecies.Wikispecies