Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2251

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scientific name	Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
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Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) View in CoL

Irvine name. Parathunnus obesus (Lowe) .

Reference material. Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 282, head and tail only)— BMNH 1938.12 .15.22 (one: ca 210 cm HL) .

Distribution. Pantropical species (Collette and Nauen, 1983).

On average about 70 000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it a very important fishery species.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Scombridae
Genus	Thunnus

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